JMC faculty partner Michael Zuckert has recently written a book on Lincoln and democratic sovereignty, A Nation So Conceived: Abraham Lincoln and the Paradox of Democratic Sovereignty.

JMC's own Editorial Officer, Elliott Drago, has written a book on the antebellum free Black community of Philadelphia, Street Diplomacy: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom in Philadelphia, 1820–1850.

The story of Abraham Lincoln’s faith and intellectual life—updated and revised with a new preface—from the three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize and best-selling Civil War–era historian Allen Guelzo.

Faculty partner Allen C. Guelzo has recently published his latest book Robert E. Lee: A Life, examining the Confederate general and the choices he made.

JMC fellow Jonathan White has written an article for Smithsonian Magazine on Abraham Lincoln and his feelings toward slavery and racial equality.

JMC board member Wilfred M. McClay has written an article for the Heritage Foundation on civic education and the importance of knowing our history.

JMC fellow Nathan Schlueter and Elizabeth Schlueter have written a piece for Law & Liberty on Hamilton the musical, American identity, imperfection, and truth.

JMC fellow Bernard Dobski has written a piece for The American Mind on historical statues' place in American society.

As Easter draws near on April 12, the Jack Miller Center recognizes and examines the impact of Christianity on political thought, the American Founding, and American political development.

Founding father James Madison was born on March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, King George County, Virginia. "Father of the Constitution," he had a significant impact on America's structure of government.

Frederick Douglass was born in February 1818 on the eastern shore of Maryland. He is remembered as one of the greatest figures in the American antislavery movement.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. He is best known for his immense impact in leading our nation through a civil war and for ultimately abolishing slavery.

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Popes Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia. Our first president, he holds the title "father of our country."

One of our oldest founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Founding father Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755/57 in Charlestown, St. Kitts and Nevis. He had a significant impact on the development of the Constitution and the National Treasury.

January 10 marks the 243rd anniversary of the publication of Thomas Paine's influential Common Sense in 1776.

Hanukkah, beginning December 22 this year, and Christmas, on December 25, are two of the best-known winter holidays in the United States.

This year, Thanksgiving falls on November 28. The holiday marks a long-standing American tradition that precedes even the Founding.

Founding father John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts. He and his family had a significant impact on American political development.

October 27 marks the 232nd anniversary of the publication of Federalist No. 1 in 1787.

Free Speech Week is celebrated every year during the third week of October. This year, it takes place October 21-27.

Collected primary sources related to impeachment and work by JMC fellows and faculty partners on impeachment from a Constitutional and historical point of view.

As Rosh Hashanah begins on September 29, the Jack Miller Center recognizes and examines the impact of Judaism and Jewish-Americans on political thought and the Founding.

On this Labor Day, the Jack Miller Center recognizes the impact of American workers and the labor movement.

JMC board member Wilfred M. McClay has written an article for the Wall Street Journal on the popular political strategy of "weaponizing" history.

July 28 marks the 151st anniversary of the Fourteenth Amendment's certification.

July 4 marks the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Learn about the history of the American flag and the constitutional questions it has raised through online resources and publications by JMC fellows.

JMC board member Wilfred M. McClay has released a new book, Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story. He was recently interviewed about the book by the Wall Street Journal.

Explore these books, articles, and commentary by JMC fellows on immigration.

JMC fellow Matthew Brogdon was recently published in Publius: The Journal of Federalism.

In his new book, JMC fellow Patrick Spero examines the western frontier of the American Revolution.

Leon and Amy Kass co-edited a volume exploring the meaning of Labor Day.

Hugo Drochon and James Kloppenberg published their exchange from Yale's panel on the history of democracy in the journal Global Intellectual History.

JMC faculty partner Scott Yenor's new volume is a collection of primary documents from America's Reconstruction era.

A new book examines the moral justifications of the American Revolution, co-edited by JMC fellows Glenn Moots and Phillip Hamilton

JMC fellow Gordon Wood discusses his book Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson on the Law Liberty Talk podcast.

James Read reviews JMC faculty partner Forrest Nabors' book on southern oligarchy in Antebellum and Postbellum America.

JMC fellow Joseph Postell sheds light on the causes of Congress' current failures in his CRB essay.

Wilfred McClay, a JMC board member, discusses patriotism on the latest episode of the Law Liberty Talk podcast.

James Stoner, Thomas Merrill, and Alan Levine's book on the political thought of the Civil War has been released.

Paul Rahe, a JMC fellow, defends the credibility of Madison's Constitutional Convention notes in the Claremont Review of Books.

JMC fellow Jeffrey Tulis recently co-authored a book on the legacy of losing in American political history.

JMC board member Wilfred M. McClay reflects about America's complex patriotic heritage in his National Affairs article.

In an article published in the Library of Law and Liberty, JMC fellow Allen Guelzo discusses whether the Constitution condones or condemns slavery.

The Library of Law and Liberty published JMC fellow William Anthony Hay's review of David Armitage's Civil Wars: A History in Ideas.

Blind obsession as well as mindless defamation cloud our ability to assess the Founders' political thought soberly, according to Charles Zug.

Nathan Beacom writes about Orestes Brownson on the written and unwritten American constitution and its relationship to religion.

JMC fellow Rabbi Meir Soloveichik joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss Judaism and the American founding.

Andrew Glass writes for Politico.