History makes nations.
History is our civic glue. 
Without a history we are not a We. 
Our custodians of memory have us in custody. 
It matters who tells our stories, what they tell, and why.
For history is never innocent. 
For the national narrative can be a hymn or a curse. 
For a nation's memory is always susceptible to political amnesia.
If we are to understand how we have been shaped, we must study American history.
If we are to shape the kind of future we know we need, we must influence American history.
 
Education is essential to the continuation of our free democracy, and USCAT believes that history should be the very core of that education. Understanding our rich American history and heritage prepares citizens to participate in the democratic process, a process that sustains the ideals of freedom and equality immortalized by this nation’s founders.