Celebrate America’s 250th with a 10-second video sharing your favorite founding line – and why it still matters today.
For nearly 250 years, Americans have passed the torch of freedom from one generation to the next. Now it’s our turn.
Take a 10-second video sharing your favorite line from America’s founding texts – and tell us why it matters to you today. Together, we’ll inspire the next generation to keep America’s story going.
Need inspiration? Here are a few powerful examples:
- Patrick Henry – “Give me liberty, or give me death!” (Speech to the Virginia Convention, 1775)
- Thomas Paine – “These are the times that try men’s souls.” (From The American Crisis, 1776)
- John Adams – “Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom.”
- Declaration of Independence (Thomas Jefferson / Continental Congress) – “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal…” (1776)
- Thomas Paine – “The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind.” (From Common Sense, 1776)
- Samuel Adams – “If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom..”
Your words, your story – join the celebration of 250 years of freedom.
Click the “Open Camera” button below to record your message!