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The Utterly Fascinating Gouverneur Morris

Spotlighting Professor Dennis Rasmussen's thoughts on the influence of Gouverneur Morris and his constitutional vision.

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Pledging Our Sacred Honor

Spotlighting Professor Craig Bruce Smith's thoughts on his early historical influences, "sacred honor," George Washington, and what he considers "the most important moment in American history."

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Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🎉🎆 On this day in 1776, our nation was born as the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Independence Day has only been a federal […]

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Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🎉🎆 On this day in 1776, our nation was born as the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Independence Day has only been a federal […]

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Happy Independence Day!

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸🎉🎆 On this day in 1776, our nation was born as the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. Independence Day has only been a federal […]

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On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress was first convened in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall

On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress was first convened in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. 🇺🇸🏫🔔 The Congress would serve through 1781, during this period signing and approving the Declaration of […]

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On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress was first convened in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall

On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress was first convened in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. 🇺🇸🏫🔔 The Congress would serve through 1781, during this period signing and approving the Declaration of […]

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On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress was first convened in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall

On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress was first convened in Philadelphia’s Independence Hall. 🇺🇸🏫🔔 The Congress would serve through 1781, during this period signing and approving the Declaration of […]

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Abigail Adams on Civic Education

Abigail Adams' revolutionary views on women's education

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I Must have Kentucky

The impact of Kentucky on Lincoln's life

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On the Morality of Chess

Franklin's thoughts about chess help us understand our founding principles

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How Martin Luther King Embodied Our Founding Principles

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Enlightened Patriotism

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Yeshiva University: Natural and Historical Right – Investigating the Israeli and American Declarations of Independence

The Straus Center at Yeshiva University, a JMC partner program, will host a series of panels on rights and the Israeli and American Declarations of Independence. Panelists will include JMC […]

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Flim-Flamming the Forest Primeval

Thomas Jefferson's other rebellion

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The Steel Trap

Was John Brown a visionary, fanatic, terrorist, hero, fool, or martyr?

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Understanding the Bill of Rights

11,000 suggestions!

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Slave Catchers All!

How the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 helped bring about the Civil War

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Celebrating Labor Day

Labor Day is rooted in the American Dream

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Your Equal Genius in Softer language

Phillis Wheatley's Revolutionary Equality

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Let us not Wallow in the Valley of Despair

Dr. King Challenges an Imperfect Nation to Come Together Behind its Ideals

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Receiving the Declaration

How did the British react to the Declaration of Independence?

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The Northwest Ordinance

The Northwest Ordinance helped promote America's Founding principles

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Kinder Institute: Lincoln, the Founding, and the Challenge of Self-Government

On February 12, 2021, the Kinder Institute will be hosting Lucas Morel to examine Lincoln’s political thought through the lens of how it was influenced by the principles of the U.S. Founding.

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Equality in the Declaration of Independence

Four scholars discuss the meaning of equality in the Declaration of Independence.

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Starting Points Journal: Justin Dyer & Adam Seagrave on the Founding and Modern Racial Issues

JMC faculty partner Justin Dyer and fellow Adam Seagrave have recently written pieces for Starting Points on the founding vision, slavery, and more recent racial issues.

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American University: The Declaration of Independence Today

On November 13, 2019, American University's Political Theory Institute, a JMC partner program, will host Danielle Allen for a lecture on the Declaration of Independence.

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Diana Schaub on Lincoln’s Political Thought

JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub recently appeared on Conversations with Bill Kristol to discuss Lincoln's political thought, particularly as seen in the Lyceum Address and Gettysburg Address.

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The Declaration of Independence and the Birth of the United States

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

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Diana Schaub: Lincoln at Gettysburg

JMC faculty partner Diana Schaub recently appeared on the National Affairs podcast to discuss her Spring 2014 essay on Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

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Kinder Institute: Exploring the Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era

On May 9, 2019, JMC fellow Carli Conklin will speak at the Kinder Institute, a JMC partner program, on her new book, The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era.

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Carli Conklin: The Pursuit of Happiness in the Founding Era

JMC Fellow Carli Conklin has recently written a book that considers the pursuit of happiness across a variety of intellectual traditions and explores its usage in key legal texts of the Founding Era.

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Online Classes Offered at Hillsdale College

Hillsdale College offers free online courses and releases weekly Hillsdale Dialogues with Larry P. Arnn and Hugh Hewitt.

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Steve Pincus (Yale) on Radical Declaration: The Founders’ Case for Strong Government

Hosted by the George Washington Forum
Ohio University

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JMC Video Series on the Declaration of Independence

Some of the nation's leading experts in American political thought discuss the Declaration of Independence.

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E Pluribus Unum: What Makes Us Americans?

Jack Miller’s essay for JMC’s upcoming 2016 issue of The Declaration

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A Declaration of Life and Liberty Video

Symposium hosted in partnership with the National Constitution Center

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JMC Fellow Gordon Wood Writes in the Philadelphia Inquirer

"The ideas and values concerning rights and equality contained in the preamble are very much alive and relevant for us. Indeed, they are the ideas and values that hold our diverse society together."

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A Declaration of Life and Liberty

In partnership with the National Constitution Center

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Punctuated with Confusion: The Declaration of Independence

Danielle Allen on interpreting the Declaration of Independence

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The Declaration in a House Divided

Five scholars discuss the Declaration in a time of crisis.

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JMC Fellow Releases New Volume on the Declaration of Independence

Dyer publishes new volume on the Declaration of Independence.

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Gordon Wood on Danielle Allen’s “Our Declaration”

Wood considers a "different idea about our Declaration."

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In the New York Times: Smith Reviews Allen’s “Our Declaration”

Discussing Danielle Allen's book on the Declaration of Independence.

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JMC-Newberry Lecturer Featured in New York Times

A matter of punctuation in the Declaration of Independence has great implications, says Danielle Allen.

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