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U.S. History

About the 1776 Report

The 1776 Commission was established under Executive Order 13958 (November 2, 2020). The 1776 Commission's duties were to advise the President regarding how to better enable a rising generation to understand the history and principles of the founding of the United States in 1776 and to strive to form a more perfect Union. 

1776 Commission—comprised of some of America’s most distinguished scholars and historians—has released a report presenting a definitive chronicle of the American founding, a powerful description of the effect the principles of the Declaration of Independence have had on this Nation’s history, and a dispositive rebuttal of reckless “re-education” attempts that seek to reframe American history around the idea that the United States is not an exceptional country but an evil one. (Source: trumpwhitehouse.gov)

Accessing the 1776 Report

The 1776 Report (full text)

See the full text of the 1776 Report as it was originally published and later archived in the National Archives.