Revolutionary Legacies: Jill Lepore on the History of the U.S. Constitution

For the 250th, Concord Museum Forums are featuring the nation’s leading and cutting-edge voices around revolutionary discourse, emphasizing new voices and perspectives with the goal of expanding public understanding and engagement with the history and legacy of the American Revolution. Acclaimed historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore joins the Concord Museum for an illuminating forum on her new book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. The conversation will explore the evolving meaning of American democracy, the Constitution, and civic life — inviting timely reflection on who “the people” are and who they aspire to be. This forum is supported by a “Promises of the Revolution” Expand Massachusetts Stories grant. Photo: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer

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Acclaimed historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore joins the Concord Museum for an illuminating forum on her new book, We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution. The conversation will explore the evolving meaning of American democracy, the Constitution, and civic life — inviting timely reflection on who “the people” are and who they aspire to be.

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