{"id":60,"date":"2024-06-12T18:33:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T18:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calltoliberty.wpenginepowered.com\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T16:53:10","slug":"countdown-to-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.libertyfund.org\/countdown-to-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to the Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Countdown to the Declaration<\/h2>\n

New material every month as we explore the Declaration's past, present, and future.<\/h4>\n <\/div>\n
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\n 24<\/span>\n

Liberty v. Tyranny<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
Unread<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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A River Fed By Many Streams<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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There is a long tradition of debating the right to resistance: What aspects of that tradition were most influential in forming the Declaration mindset?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published July 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Education<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Citizenship, Seminars, and the Declaration of Independence<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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What kind of education is necessary for a citizenry that takes the Declaration seriously?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published August 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Law & Constitutionalism<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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The Declaration of Independence and the American Theory of Government<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Does the Declaration offer us any permanent guidance in thinking constitutionally?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published September 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Equality<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Anything But Compromising<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Writing a Declaration that could secure support required compromises and negotiations: How did these compromises chart the course of, or delay the recognition of equality for coming generations?\r\n<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published October 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Political Institutions<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Republican Government after the Digital Revolution<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Does technology fundamentally alter the basis for representative government? Does it give us cause to reconsider the principles of the Declaration?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published November 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Philosophy & Theology<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Against Authority<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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How important are religious and Enlightenment ideas to the concepts in the Declaration? Are these influences necessarily in conflict?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published December 2024<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Political Economy<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Economic Wisdom for Tumultuous Times<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Why do we find ourselves refighting the same debates between open markets and mercantilism that preoccupied the 18th century?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published January 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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\n 17<\/span>\n

Education<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Educational Experience and the Challenge to Empire<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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What in the Founders\u2019 education prepared them to be able to craft the Declaration? To what degree did it challenge the ideals of empire?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published February 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Liberty and Tyranny<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Conditions of Revolution: Sic Sometimes Tyrannis<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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What sustains liberty? Does the Declaration offer a model for future political resistance to tyrants? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published March 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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War & Peace<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Declaring War\u2014and Loyalty<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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The Declaration did not just declare American independence, but implicitly declared war on England. What happens to the voices of loyalists in the shadow of the revolution? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published April 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Law & Constitutionalism<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Constitutional Tourism: Australia’s America<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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What is the constitutional importance of the Declaration of Independence? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published May 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Philosophy and Theology<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Men Will Be Men: Religious and Enlightenment Ideas in the Declaration<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Shifts in our prevailing philosophies and theologies seem to make the Declaration\u2019s ideals little more than a pleasant fiction. Is the Declaration's ideal of lasting importance for religious and philosophical thinkers?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published June 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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War & Peace<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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War: The Dreaded Enemy of Liberty<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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The American Revolution and subsequent constitution of the newly-formed United States reflected some of the key ideas of liberalism\u2014natural rights, government by consent, and limits on state power. Can war be contained by liberal ideals? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published July 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Education<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Reviving Civic Education through Conversation<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Education is increasingly technological and individualized. Can this be conducive to producing citizens who share a common set of political ideals?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published August 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Law & Constitutionalism<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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On the Law of the Declaration of Independence<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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How did the multi-stranded Western legal tradition help frame the Declaration? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published September 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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\n 9<\/span>\n

Liberty & Tyranny<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Holding Ourselves Accountable: What the Declaration Says About Just Conduct of Governments<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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The Declaration sets out standards for the just conduct of government: To what degree are these still relevant to American politics today? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Published October 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n

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Equality<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Dictum vestibulum felis sollicitudin<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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What must we consider going forward to fulfill the Declaration\u2019s claim that we are self-evidently equal? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Coming in November 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Political Economy<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Fusce fringilla eros at erat maximus tempus<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Both the Declaration and Adam Smith\u2019s Wealth of Nations were published in 1776. Do these works share similar preoccupations and concerns? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Coming in December 2025<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Philosophy\/Theology<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
Unread<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Fermentum mi sit amet, commodo velit<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Modern Americans live with a kind of religious and cultural diversity that the Founders would have a hard time imagining. Does the Declaration offer us the tools to help navigate these differences and dissensions? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Coming in January 2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Equality<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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In hac habitasse platea dictumst<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Contemporary debates over the Declaration and America\u2019s founding suggest that the Declaration enshrines inequality at the core of our public life. How do the political compromises that were necessary to agree on the Declaration continue to haunt us?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Coming in February 2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 4<\/span>\n

Political Institutions<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Ultrices vitae imperdiet eu, pretium vel tortor<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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How did the Declaration seek to vindicate the political rights of the colonists? <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Coming in March 2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Political Economy<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Many of the colonists\u2019 complaints centered on unjust taxation. To what extent do those complaints continue to be relevant today?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Coming in April 2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Political Institutions<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Luctus at augue vitae interdum<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Has the model of representative government embraced by the Founders stood the test of time? Is it a dead hand holding us back or the backbone of our liberty?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Coming in May 2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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War & Peace<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n
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Velit arcu finibus dui, sed semper tortor mauris id enim<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Does the Declaration offer a practical framework for future decisions regarding just war?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Coming in June 2026<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n July 2026\n <\/div>\n
\n 250th Anniversary\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n