America Is Divided on Its History. Here's Why the Constitution Is the Common Ground.

As America approaches its 250th birthday this July 4th, something remarkable and revealing is happening. We are arguing about our own story. Which history gets told. Which monuments stay standing. Which voices get remembered. PBS NewsHour reported this week that deep divisions over how Americans remember their past are coming into sharper focus as the nation approaches this milestone anniversary. And honestly? That division makes the work of The 917 Society more important than ever.

Here is what we believe: You cannot argue about America if you do not know what America was built on. The Constitution is not a partisan document. It is the framework, the living agreement, that 330 million people share whether they know it or not. And right now, most of them do not know it.

According to the Annenberg Public Policy Center, Americans civic knowledge is improving, but we still have a long way to go. Too many students graduate without ever holding a pocket Constitution in their hands. Too many citizens have never read the document that defines their rights.

That is exactly why The 917 Society exists. We put a free pocket Constitution into the hands of every 8th grader we can reach, because constitutional literacy is not a political position. It is a foundation. And a nation that does not know its foundation cannot defend it, cannot debate it, and cannot build on it.

This America 250 year, the most patriotic thing you can do is not argue about history. It is make sure the next generation actually knows it.

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