Book Breaks with Jon Meacham on An Introduction to The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States

 

Date & Time:  October 5, 2025, 02:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

An Introduction to The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States

Best-selling author Jon Meacham makes the case that more Americans should read the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution in his introduction to a new Penguin edition of the two documents. Meacham shares stories about the founding era’s political world and richly explains why later luminaries, such as Abraham Lincoln, returned to the nation’s touchstone documents during times of trial.

 

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