“American Independence and the World: The United States at 250.”
Friday, February 27 – Saturday, February 28, 2026
Arizona Ballroom, Memorial Union, 301 E. Orange St., Tempe, AZ 85281
“American Independence and the World: The Declaration of Independence at 250” brings the struggle for self-government and sovereignty in the United States together with its impact abroad to show what this epic story means for the American Founding. What led patriot leaders from asserting claims to self-government to the larger step of staking their “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” on independence? How did the “candid world” to which they appealed in the Declaration of Independence respond? Both these stories are critical to civil education and the formation of a lasting American political order.
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