There were five versions of the Gettysburg Address that were acknowledged by Abraham Lincoln in his lifetime. Here are those…
In this excerpt from The Atlantic’s October 2018 print edition, National Constitution Center president and CEO Jeffrey Rosen…
Today marks the anniversary of the 1916 Organic Act that created the National Park Service. So how much has the Park Service grown…
Lyle Denniston looks at a case about environmental rights filed by teenagers that could lead to one of Justice Anthony M.…
On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his last public speech, which referenced the Bible and the Constitution. His…
December 12 is a big anniversary for those of us in Pennsylvania: It’s the day the James Wilson led an emotional effort to…
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 removal of four public symbols of the Confederacy in New Orleans highlights the crucial difference between history and memory.
One of the most hotly debated clauses in the Constitution deals with the removal of federal government officials through the…
There is now a movement afoot by a group seeking a ballot referendum in California for that state to become its own sovereign…
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