Description
For the 250th anniversary of America’s founding, Denver Brunsman, chair of the History Department at George Washington University and noted scholar on the American Revolution, will discuss the background, composition, and philosophical underpinnings of the Declaration of Independence. Based on the latest scholarly research, Brunsman will share how America’s imperial crisis with Britain culminated in the Declaration and influenced its primary author, Thomas Jefferson, as well as the larger Declaration Committee and the Second Continental Congress.
