The Declaration and How We Got it.

 I spoke to two great authors Saturday.
I did not plan it this way, but both interviews dovetailed wonderfully.
The first was with Cynthia Scott who wrote Celebrating God, Our Founder, at America's 250th Birthday which tells the story of the preparation for our Republic that was done through prayer and fasting by the leaders and the people of the colony. It demonstrates the activity and the results.

Your American Heritage 12 13 2025 Cynthia Scott

Then I spoke with Hillsdale Vice President and Professor Matthew Spalding about his new book on the Declaration of Independence, The Making of the American Mind.

Your American Heritage 12 13 2025 Matthew Spalding

Both of these books are wonderful and historically informative books and easily read.
Cynthia demonstrates the history of our founding and the concurrent spiritual conditioning of the public for it.

Matt demonstrates the history of our founding and the philosophical (and religious) elements that formed the American Mind, the consensus that supported the effort for Independence. 

I urge you to listen to both of them.