SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) - American Heritage Partners, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Nevada, is proud to sponsor a luncheon featuring Professor Caroline Winterer, Chair of the History Department at Stanford University, who will speak about her book “American Enlightenments: Pursuing Happiness in the Age of Reason”. In her book, Professor Winterer provides a thought-provoking account of how Americans in the 18th Century came to be “enlightened” - not as the European Enlightenment envisioned it, but in our own American way, with a powerful emphasis on the “pursuit of happiness” - a concept literally written into our Declaration of Independence. What did that mean to Americans? Why did we fight a war against the greatest army in the world to gain it? How did our first settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries think about freedom? How is the “pursuit of happiness” relevant to today’s American experience? Professor Winterer will offer her unique perspectives on these critical questions.

This event is co-sponsored by The Sons of the American Revolution, The Mayflower Society, the Jamestowne Society, and the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, among others. The luncheon is being held at the Sheraton Grand Sacramento on April 22, starting at 11 am. The three-course plated lunch is priced at $45 per person.  For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit americanheritagepartners.org.