“All honor to Jefferson — to the man who, in the concrete pressure of a struggle for national independence by a single people, had the coolness, forecast, and capacity to introduce into a merely revolutionary document, an abstract truth, applicable to all men and all times, and so to embalm it there, that to-day, and in all coming days, it shall be a rebuke and a stumbling-block to the very harbingers of re-appearing tyranny and oppression”.

Abraham Lincoln, 6 April 1859

Read the Declaration of Independence


Constitution Party members recently gathered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to participate in the Founder’s Challenge, 16 May 2026


David R. Gille, Utah

Donna Brandenburg, Michigan

Lilian Gille, Utah

Cindy Redburn, Missouri

Other Notable Recitations . . .

Senator John F. Kennedy, 4 July 1957

Paul Venable, Missouri



We invite You to Take the Founder’s Challenge . . .

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#CPFoundersChallenge

  • Read the Declaration of Independence for yourself, with your family, and with friends.
  • Do a choral reading with others at church, at school, or at other gatherings.
  • Organize a reading on the steps of your local city hall or county building.
  • Memorize the Declaration (visit A Year of Civic Repentance for more details).
  • Video record your efforts and share them on social media with the hashtag #CPFoundersChallenge so we can track and share your amazing accomplishments!