EPISODE · Jul 2, 2026 · 4 MIN
America 250: Fewer Americans are proud of their country
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The 4th of July holiday is not just the celebration of the birth of a nation, it commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The actual US Constitution didn't get drafted until almost a decade later. Historian Jay Sexton is the Chair of Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri and director of the Kinder Institute, and he joins Debbie Monterrey.
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The 4th of July holiday is not just the celebration of the birth of a nation, it commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The actual US Constitution didn't get drafted until almost a decade later. Historian Jay Sexton is the Chair of Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri and director of the Kinder Institute, and he joins Debbie Monterrey.
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America 250: Fewer Americans are proud of their country
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