Time and again this Commonwealth has demonstrated that progress begins when people are willing to challenge the status quo.
Declaration of Independence
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All politics is local — even the Declaration of Independence
“What I found to my surprise,” said Maier, “was this mass of local ‘declarations of independence,’ the greater part of which come from Massachusetts.”
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Honoring America’s promise by reading Frederick Douglass
In one of the greatest statements on American history ever written, Douglass demands that the country live up to the promises of 1776.
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In the face of efforts to erase parts of US history, Massachusetts must take a stand
As the federal government creates gaps in the record, we can support organizations filling the voids with voices from the past and present who speak to the core values of the Declaration of Independence — and its complicated legacy.
