click image for close-up John Trumbull's life-size painting of the First Continental Congress, assembled to sign the Declaration of Independence ... in 1823 by Asher B. Durand.

Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it.

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.