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Across eight months of conversations with historians, legal scholars, museum leaders and theologians, USA250’s Outspoken project asks how the American ideals of liberty and equality have changed since the Declaration of Independence, and how they should be understood as the nation approaches July 4, 2026.

Outspoken History explores America's founding ideals through historians, poets, and artists - connecting the Declaration of Independence to today.

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