(Colleen LaBeau, Janet Beihofer)
 
Klaus Schneegans introduced our speaker Janet Beihofer, Professor at Metropolitan State University, Janet lives in Lakeville with her husband Dale and has 4 children and 4 grandchildren. Her son is a captain in the US Army.
 
Janet spoke about how her point of view changed 1 ½ years ago after reading Daniel Hannan’s book Inventing Freedom: How the English-Speaking Peoples Made the Modern World. Janet discusses this book with her college students who are in their mid-20’s.
 
Janet spoke about the history of America how and why our ancestors came to America. She spoke that life is not risk free and that freedom requires responsibility and she challenged us to teach our children to find out what they are good at and to pursue their dreams.