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National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America

Tue, May 5 2026, 7 – 8pm Add to calendar: Google  Outlook  iCal 

From its drafting by Thomas Jefferson to today, award-winning historian Michael Auslin’s National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America charts the many lives of a document that captures the soul of America and has united generations around its defiant ideals. As the 250th anniversary of America’s founding approaches, Auslin discusses the Declaration as a physical object and a set of ideals that have made America what it is today with Arun Rath, Executive Editor and Host at GBH. Register 

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