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Read six different versions of the Gettysburg Address
There were five versions of the Gettysburg Address that were acknowledged by Abraham Lincoln in his lifetime. Here are those…
Excerpt: America Is Living James Madison’s Nightmare
In this excerpt from The Atlantic’s October 2018 print edition, National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen…
10 fascinating facts about the National Park Service
Today marks the anniversary of the 1916 Organic Act that created the National Park Service. So how much has the Park Service grown…
Justice Kennedy’s last task: something familiar
Lyle Denniston looks at a case about environmental rights filed by teenagers that could lead to one of Justice Anthony M.…
How Dr. King cited the Constitution in his Mountaintop speech
On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his last public speech, which referenced the Bible and the Constitution. His…
Remembering the day Pennsylvania ratified the Constitution
December 12 is a big anniversary for those of us in Pennsylvania: It’s the day the James Wilson led an emotional effort to…
The Anti-Federalists and their important role during the Ratification fight
On this day in 1787, the debate over the newly written Constitution began in the press after an anonymous writer in the New York…
The debate over Confederate monuments and how to remember the Civil War
The removal of four public symbols of the Confederacy in New Orleans highlights the crucial difference between history and memory.
What the Founders thought about impeachment and the President
One of the most hotly debated clauses in the Constitution deals with the removal of federal government officials through the…
Could California really become its own country?
There is now a movement afoot by a group seeking a ballot referendum in California for that state to become its own sovereign…
