Ep. 309 | Constitutional Chats Podcast | Jonathan Den Hartog | America 250: From Declaration to Destiny - The Days After Declaring Independence

Signing the Declaration of Independence was just the beginning.  Now the colonists and Founding Fathers had to get the word out that it had been signed and gain public support for independence. Our guest today, Professor Jonathan Den Hartog explains how in the days immediately following the signing of the Declaration of Independence, we had to figure out how this Declaration would affect the colonists, congress and the army.  Professor Den Hartog is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Samford University.