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Beautifully conceived and perfectly timed, \u003ci\u003eDeclare \u003c\/i\u003eis an extraordinary act of patriotism. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15.95pt; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e-- Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eA collection of essays by voices nearly as diverse as the country itself, from general to journalist, historian to poet. Provocative, informed, and passionate, these thoughts will challenge readers to reflect on—and pursue—what still binds us together as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eone people\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e a quarter millennium after Jefferson drafted our foundational document.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e—Michael Auslin, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eNational Treasure: \u003c\/span\u003eHow the Declaration \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eof Independence Made America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eDeclare: A Civic Gospel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e is a beautiful reminder that ours is a country shaped by language and imagination. Bringing together some of today’s most compelling writers and thinkers in conversation with the founding ideals of the American experiment, it reflects on words that have endured for 250 years and continue to inspire people around the world. Just as importantly, \u003ci\u003eDeclare \u003c\/i\u003ecelebrates the book itself, one of humanity’s greatest inventions, as a work of art that speaks to us both personally and across time. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e-- Ken Burns, filmmaker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15.95pt;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eDeclare: A Civic Gospel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e is a wonderful addition to the national conversation about the meaning of the Declaration of Independence and, therefore, what it means to be an American. The timing for this volume is perfect, and its messages are absolutely vital.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e-- Annette Gordon-Reed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eJefferson and Race: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15.95pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eWhat a perfect birthday present for the Declaration of Independence!\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe poems, essays, and narratives in these pages illuminate, interrogate, confront, and celebrate both America’s founding document and its author, Thomas Jefferson. The result is a many-voiced and full-throated affirmation of our complicated, sometimes self-contradictory national identity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15.95pt; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e--Amanda Vaill, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePride and Pleasure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15.95pt; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15.95pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003eJane Kamensky, the head of Jefferson’s Monticello, has assembled an extraordinary array of writers to celebrate the many meanings of the Declaration of Independence on the 250th anniversary of its creation. A remarkable and lasting achievement.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-ascii-font-family: Aptos; mso-fareast-font-family: Aptos; mso-hansi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos;\"\u003e-- Gordon S. 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