The Declaration and the Constitution

Peggy Muir, who has led classes on the US Constitution and the Declaration of Independence at the Center joins us for a discussion of the relevance and challenges of these founding documents and the burdens they carry as “sacred” texts. Peggy is a retired US History and American Studies teacher at the high school level and anthropology at the college level.

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/constitution