Topic: semiquincentennial 250th

A Voorhees vineyard’s short documentary traces its land’s connections to the Revolutionary War and to the man whose hand engrossed the official Declaration of Independence

Philly’s done right by democracy’s history this year, but its future will be written by engaged citizens between now and Election Day … and after, too

A former Army Undersecretary and Congressman on what we can still learn from Washington and Hamilton’s military service

Individual faith groups have begun the work of grassroots reparations for Black Philadelphians. Imagine, the movement’s organizer asks, if we could get 100 congregations on board?

The miracle of Black life — despite centuries of alienation from our American experiment — is our insistence on finding kinship with each other. That is what we celebrate this weekend

The MS NOW anchor and Citizen board member brings a lineup of boldface names to Philly for pre-Fourth a conversation about our democracy in this pivotal moment

The semiquincentennial can’t just be about celebrating the past. As the Constitution Center’s interim CEO and president notes, it’s also about rebuilding Americans’ collective sense of our own democracy

The story of a woman enslaved at Stenton in 1776 brings up more questions than answers — and that is as it should be

Amid the ongoing conversation about free speech, democracy-loving Americans should be paying attention to — and exercising — their First Amendment right to … show up, together

The interim CEO of the Constitution Center urges us to mark our calendars for a celebration that reminds us of a fundamental truth: having fun is our civic duty, too