Brooks Memorial Library will host the second in a series of discussions about the Bill of Rights in the Main Reading Room, 224 Main St. in Brattleboro. The focus will be on the Second and Third Amendments, two freedoms that address the role of the military in our constitutional democracy. Although the Second Amendment is currently the source of heated disagreements, for most of its life it was known as a sleepy Amendment. Understood more as a bulwark against a national standing army, the Second Amendment remained largely undebated. Nowadays, each clause is parsed and pressured in a hyper-partisan debate. Debating Our Rights provides participants with an opportunity to hear the various interpretations, not to change minds, but to better understand the debate.

Dec 21, 2024, 9 AM to 1 PM

Dec 21, 2024, 5 to 9 PM

Dec 22, 2024, 4 to 6 PM