About this episode

The episode explores the preservation of America's founding documents and the Enlightenment ideas that shaped the nation.

Step inside the National Archives Rotunda, home of the Charters of Freedom, during America’s 250th anniversary. We speak with National Archivist Jim Amburn about preserving the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Then at the Library of Congress with Kevin Butterfield, we examine Thomas Paine’s Common Sense and Jefferson’s copy of The Federalist Papers. We invite you to watch this latest episode of The Next Frontier and learn more about the ideas that shaped America’s founding and the extraordinary efforts required to protect these documents for future generations. Dr. Kevin Roberts is the president of The Heritage Foundation.

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Kevin Roberts

Guests: Jim Amburn, Kevin Butterfield

Topics covered

• National Archives
• Charters of Freedom
• American history
• founding documents
• Enlightenment ideas
• preservation

Keywords

• National Archives
• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Bill of Rights
• Common Sense
• The Federalist Papers
• preservation
• American history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Heritage Foundation

Books & works: Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Common Sense, The Federalist Papers

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