JMC News and Events
See our latest news on advancing education in America's founding principles and history
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JMC's Constitution Day Initiative
Constitution Day 2019
Campus Events Engage Students in the Role and Meaning of the U.S. Constitution
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For Constitution Day 2019, JMC campus partner programs around the country hosted lectures, debates and other events in celebration of the day our nation's Constitution was ratified on September 17, 1787.
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[Above, right: UVA professor and JMC board member James Ceaser engages with a student at Texas State's Constitution Day lecture.]
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Programs touched upon a range of topics related to the Constitution and our country's founding, including freedom of speech, democracy, religious liberty, and the Constitution's impact on American leaders such as Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
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[Above, left: Christopher Newport University held a well-attended reenactment of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.]
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Highlights from JMC's Constitution Day Initiative:
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James Madison: The Founder of Modern Founding
On September 16, Baylor University hosted JMC board member James Ceaser for a lecture on James Madison and the concept of founding.
Frederick Douglass's Constitutional Theory
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'The God of this Lower World': Burke, Lincoln and Constitutional Prudence
On September 18, JMC fellow Greg Weiner spoke at American University's Political Theory Institute on constitutional prudence and the political thought of Edmund Burke and Abraham Lincoln.
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Did the American Founders Intend to Separate Church from State?
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A JMC Interview with Board Member Wilfred McClay
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Will you join us in the effort?
Our impact is expanding. As of this fall, one million students have been taught by a JMC fellow. Help us ensure many more young citizens learn about America's history and its founding principles.
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Collection of Works in Recognition of Jewish Political Thought and Jewish-Americans
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On the occasion of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, two of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar, the Jack Miller Center presents a collection of articles from JMC fellows and other resources about the impact of Jewish-Americans and Judaism on political thought and the Founding. Early Jewish-Americans, such as Haym Salomon and Jonas Phillips, devoted themselves to the American cause and helped win the Revolutionary War. Judaism also has had a substantial impact on western, and subsequently American, political philosophy. |
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Starting Points Journal: The Republican Tradition
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About the Jack Miller Center
The Jack Miller Center is a 501(c)(3) public charity with the mission to reinvigorate education in America's founding principles and history. We work to advance the teaching and study of America's history, its political and economic institutions, and the central principles, ideas and issues arising from the American and Western traditions—all of which continue to animate our national life.
We support professors and educators through programs, resources, fellowships and more to help them teach our nation's students.
www.jackmillercenter.org
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