Constitution Day at JMC - Online Viewing

Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration for Posterity

Watch James Madison College's annual Constitution Day Lecture online via YouTube (lecture will be shared by 3 p.m. on Sept. 17).

This year's speaker is Dr. Jeremy Bailey, Professor of Humanities at the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education at the University of Florida.

Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration for Posterity

The Declaration of Independence contains perhaps the most important words in the English language, but it was only late in life that Jefferson turned his efforts to explaining those words. This talk considers Jefferson's view of the Declaration by revisiting his retirement writings approaching the 250th anniversary of 1776 and tells the stories of the famous letters to Henry Lee and Roger Weightman.

Date

September 17, 2026

Time

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Location

Virtual

Organizer

Dr. Jeremy Bailey