This January, as we begin America’s 250th year, we reflect on the bold idea that started it all: the belief that every person has the right to shape their own destiny.
Our founding document — The Declaration of Independence — marks the start of the American experiment in liberty, when individuals boldly declared their right to self-governance and freedom.
From farmers to founders, inventors to dreamers, Americans have always turned that belief into action.
Using the resources provided below, dive deeper into our founding and share your commitment to the American Experiment.
“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
-The Declaration of Independence
Discover How Our Founders Marked Our Separation from Tyranny and Set Us on the Course of the American Experiment.
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