1776 Commission Takes Historic and Scholarly Step to Restore Understanding of the Greatness of the American Founding

 

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 18, 2021

1776 Commission Takes Historic and Scholarly Step to Restore Understanding of the Greatness of the American Founding    1776 Commission—comprised of some of America’s most distinguished scholars and historians—has released a report presenting a definitive chronicle of the American founding, a powerful description of the effect the principles of the Declaration of Independence have had on this Nation’s history, and a dispositive rebuttal of reckless “re-education” attempts that seek to reframe American history around the idea that the United States is not an exceptional country but an evil one. A copy of the report can be found here.