Drafting Independence: Declaration to Constitution
MHS Event
Emily Sneff, historian, and Mary Sarah Bilder, Boston College Law School, in conversation with Sara Georgini, MHS
This is a hybrid event. FREE for MHS Members. $10 per person fee (in person). No charge for virtual attendees or Card to Culture participants (EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare). The in-person reception starts at 5:00 and the program will begin 6:00 PM.
America’s founding documents have echoed throughout global history and culture for more than two centuries. Why did revolutionaries like John Adams and his peers draw on the past as they drafted the Declaration and crafted the Constitution? What ideas shaped the United States’ working definition of liberty, and how did that translate to audiences abroad? Join us to explore how “we the people” imagined a new political vocabulary to interpret the American experiment, which we continue today.
This program is part of the annual MHS Speaker Fund lecture series. This series supports talks with leading American history scholars who advance the mission of the Society by contributing to a deeper public understanding of the American experience. The MHS Speaker Fund was started by the generous gifts of Charlie and Kitty Ames.
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If you have any questions about the program or accessibility needs, please contact Olivia Sayah at 617-646-0580 or osayah@masshist.org. The virtual program will be on the streaming platform Zoom and begins at 6:00 PM. Registrants will receive a confirmation message with attendance information.
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