Happy Flag Day, America. 🇺🇸 The stars and stripes have been there for every chapter of this country's story. And in 20 days they'll be there for its biggest birthday yet. So go ahead and fly it proud, today and every day.

Before the Declaration of Independence was signed… Americans were already fighting for it. Do you know the battle that might have proved they could win the American Revolution? watch below and find out!👇 If you enjoyed the reel, the full chat- 🇺🇸🎙️ "America 250: Sullivan's Island, A Crucial Stand for Freedom" - is ready to watch, listen to, and share! Discover how a hastily built palmetto log fort and a band of determined patriots held off the most powerful navy in the world—and why Sullivan's Island still matters as we approach America 250. 🎧 Watch or listen now: us.constitutingamerica.org/e… 🇺🇸 Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. #ConstitutionalChats  #liberty #freedom #america250 #freedom250 #SullivansIsland #AmericanRevolution  @America250  @Freedom250

Her husband fell at the cannon. She stepped up and kept firing. George Washington personally commended her. Most Americans have heard the name Molly Pitcher. Few know what she actually did. On June 28, 1778, at the Battle of Monmouth, she had been carrying water to soldiers through cannon fire all morning. When her husband collapsed from heat exhaustion, she reportedly stepped forward, took his place at the cannon, and kept loading until the battle was over. No one ordered her to. Washington is said to have personally commended her. She later received a pension from the Pennsylvania state legislature, becoming one of the first women in American history to do so. Nobody told her to. Nobody had to. The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage. New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. #ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica

"The Seneca Falls Convention and the Founding Documents" 🇺🇸📜 Check out our latest essay now! Author: Troy Kickler, Founding Director of the North Carolina History Project Constituting America's 15th Online Study: Consent of the Governed: Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence "He has never permitted her to exercise her inalienable right to the elective franchise." — Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls, 1848 Deliberately echoing the language of the Declaration of Independence, the 240 delegates at Seneca Falls — men and women alike — argued the promise of unalienable rights had always applied to women too. 📌 Learn more and enjoy today's essay here: us.constitutingamerica.org/c… #America250 #Freedom250 #WomensSuffrage #ConsentOfTheGoverned #FoundingDocuments #DeclarationOfIndependence #AmericanHistory

With a vote for independence likely, #OTD in 1776, the Continental Congress formed the "Committee of Five" to draft a declaration announcing the birth of our nation. Thomas Jefferson served as the primary author. All members of the committee are carved into the front of the Jefferson Memorial. #WashingtonDC #Freedom250

#ThisWeekinHistory Congress appointed the committee that would draft the Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. Meanwhile, George Washington remained in New York, unaware that a massive British fleet had begun sailing south from Halifax toward New York City.

"Belva Lockwood: Historic Suffragette, Heroine and Humanitarian" 🇺🇸📜 Check out our latest essay now! Author: Janine Turner, Founder & Creative Director, Constituting America Constituting America's 15th Online Study: Consent of the Governed- Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary  of the Declaration of Independence "I am very simple minded — when I wish to do a thing, I only know one way, to keep at it until I get it." — Belva Lockwood Before Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton became household names, Belva Lockwood was already doing the unthinkable: arguing before the United States Supreme Court, representing the Cherokee Nation, and running for President — twice. She didn't wait, she charged forward. 📌 Learn more and enjoy today's essay here: us.constitutingamerica.org/c… #America250 #Freedom250 #BelvaLockwood #WomensSuffrage #AmericanHistory #USHistory

🇺🇸 Next Tuesday on Constitutional Chats! Lafayette & Liberty: A Founding Alliance Revisited for America 250 🎙️  📜 A young French nobleman had every reason to stay home — wealth, title, and comfort. Instead, he crossed an ocean to fight for a republic he'd never seen. Why would the Marquis de Lafayette risk everything for American freedom? And what does his sacrifice say about the ideals we're celebrating this America 250? Join us as we explore Lafayette's courageous stand alongside Washington, the revolutionary values that shaped a nation, and what ordered liberty, personal sacrifice, and national identity mean for us today. 🎙️ Join us live Tuesday, June 16 at 2 PM ET — ask your questions in the chat! Learn more: f.mtr.cool/yehuogxejz #ConstitutionalChats #America250 #Freedom250  @america250 @freedom250 #Lafayette #FoundingFathers #AmericanRevolution Painting: Rossiter & Mignot, Washington and Lafayette at Mount Vernon, 1784 (1859)

Most people do not know women were already on that battlefield. Not as nurses. Not waiting at home. Actually there. In the field. With their husbands. Carrying water through cannon fire. History remembers the battles, but it does not always remember the women who kept the army alive. Janine Turner wanted to change that.  In her words, Molly Pitcher is the epitome of guts. The woman behind the name Molly Pitcher was Mary Ludwig Hays, and her legacy and impact live on. The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage. New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. #ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica

🇺🇸 Guess the Founder: Fought in the Revolution under Washington. Nearly died at Trenton. Studied law under Jefferson. Led the “Era of Good Feelings.” Doctrine shaped U.S. foreign policy. Who am I?

For 20 years he was the only one who believed it was possible. Samuel Adams founded the Sons of Liberty and spent two decades organizing a revolution before most colonists were ready to join him. He is widely credited as one of the principal architects of the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773. He did not wait for permission. He did not wait for consensus. He built the movement while the people around him called him extreme. They were wrong about him for 20 years. Then they called him a hero. Nothing about him had changed. The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage. New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. #ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica

LIVE Now on Constitutional Chats — Through 3 PM ET! 🎙️📜 Before the Declaration of Independence was signed, Americans were already fighting for it. Tune in now for "America 250: Sullivan's Island — A Crucial Stand for Freedom" as we explore how a hastily built palmetto log fort and a determined band of patriots held off the most powerful navy in the world — and changed the course of the Revolution. 🎙️ Join us now and chat live! Your questions get answered in real time — and the audience stays off camera, so come as you are! Learn more: f.mtr.cool/ktyaqyefot #ConstitutionalChats #America250 #Freedom250 @america250 @freedom250 #SullivansIsland #AmericanRevolution #ColonialHistory Artwork: McBarron, Charleston (1776), U.S. Army CMH

"Women’s Consent and the Seneca Falls Convention" 🇺🇸 Check out our latest essay now! Author: Heather E Yates, Political Researcher at Ballotpedia, the digital encyclopedia of American Politics. Constituting America's 15th Online Study: Consent of the Governed- Celebrating America's 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence "Has compelled her to submit to laws, in the formation of which she had no voice." — Declaration of Sentiments, Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 The Declaration of Sentiments, deliberately modeled after the Declaration of Independence, issued a bold call for women's full inclusion as citizens with the right to consent to being governed. 📌 Learn more and enjoy today's essay here: us.constitutingamerica.org/c…  #America250 #Freedom250 #AmericanHistory #DeclarationOfIndependence #USHistory

🇺🇸🎙️ Tomorrow on Constitutional Chats — “America 250: Sullivan’s Island - A Crucial Stand for Freedom” with special guest Doug MacIntyre. Before the Declaration of Independence was signed, Americans were already fighting for it. How did a hastily built fort on Sullivan’s Island withstand the British Navy and help inspire the cause of independence? Doug MacIntyre, a West Point graduate, Army veteran, and curator of a commemorative park honoring the Battle of Sullivan’s Island, joins us to explore this pivotal Revolutionary War victory and its lasting impact on America’s fight for freedom. Get your questions ready! 🎙️ Join us live Tuesday, June 9 at 2 PM ET. Learn more: f.mtr.cool/bqlslsyton #SullivansIsland #AmericanRevolution #SouthCarolinaHistory #MilitaryHistory #ConstitutionalChats #America250 #Liberty #Freedom250 #freedom @america250 @freedom250

Everyone knows the revolutionary. Nobody knows the statesman. Most people picture Samuel Adams at the Boston Tea Party, rallying the streets with “no taxation without representation.” Few know he also graduated from Harvard and spent years shaping the legislative groundwork of a new nation. Janine Turner wanted to show both men: the instigator and the architect. The same person. She calls him an enigma, and when you watch him walk into a room and take charge of it without saying a word, you understand exactly what she means. Not because of his title. Because of who he was. The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage. New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. #ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica

#OnThisDay in 1776, 250 years ago, Virginia stepped forward. Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution calling for independence, a moment that helped shape the course toward the Declaration that would follow.

The British were burning Danbury in the night —  who was going to rally the soldiers? Sybil Ludington was 16 years old. She rode 40 miles through driving rain to muster 400 militiamen by dawn. Have you heard her story? Listen to the whole podcast here! us.constitutingamerica.org/e…  #ConstitutionalChats #America250 #Freedom250  #AmericanRevolution #WomenOfHistory @america250 @freedom250

He wrote 51 of the most important political documents in American history. He was 32. He was also running a law practice at the same time. Most Americans know Alexander Hamilton from a musical. Few know what he actually built. As the first Secretary of the Treasury, he created the American financial system from scratch. Before that, he wrote 51 of the 85 Federalist Papers in approximately six months under a pseudonym while simultaneously practicing law. He founded the U.S. Coast Guard and the New York Post. He built institutions that have outlasted every generation since. Everything he built is still standing. The Pursuit is a vertical series written, directed, and starring Janine Turner for Constituting America, featuring the Founding Fathers and Mothers who shaped the nation. Their stories. Their decisions. Their courage. Comment DIRECTOR and we’ll send you the Behind the Story interview with Janine! New episodes release weekly through July 4 in honor of America’s 250th anniversary. #ThePursuit #ConstitutingAmerica

Only one month to go until July 4. 🇺🇸 From America’s Block Party to Giving 4th, this milestone is an invitation for every American to reflect on where we’ve been and take part in shaping what comes next. The countdown to America’s 250th is officially on.

The latest essay in our online academic study: "Universal Male Suffrage and Founding Documents" 🇺🇸📜 is live now.  Author: Jon Schaff, Professor of Political Science, Northern State University Constituting America's 15th Online Study: Consent of the Governed- Celebrating America's 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence "What followed the Revolution was nothing short of a democratic wave. Taking 'equality' and 'consent of the governed' seriously, nearly every state rewrote its constitution. In each case, suffrage widened dramatically." The Declaration's promise that government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed wasn't abstract rhetoric — it set off a radical expansion of voting rights that left even Britain's democratic developments outpaced. How did the Founders' words reshape who could actually govern? 📌 Learn more and enjoy today's essay here: us.constitutingamerica.org/c… #America250 #Freedom250 #AmericanHistory #FoundingFathers #DeclarationOfIndependence #USHistory #Constitution