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The Declaration Project is an interactive site that features a comprehensive collection of declarations of independence and kindred declarations crafted in the U.S. and the world over. \u00a0While the \u2018Declaration Collection\u2019 component of this project is a centerpiece, there are two other key parts to this initiative: \u00a0\u2018My Declaration\u2122\u2018 gives you the opportunity\u00a0to compose and post your own declaration, and for others to respond to it. And the \u2018Spirit of \u201976 Cafe\u2122\u2019 features ongoing participatory explorations of the themes that resonate in our July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence and others included here .<\/span><\/p>\n To our knowledge, no one else has undertaken the important work of collecting all the world\u2019s declarations of independence, of rights, of principles, of purpose, of sentiments. Over time, we will not only collect but tell the stories behind the creation of these scores of declarations. Many of these stories are not well-known, or not known at all, but nonetheless have had a marked impact \u2014 usually, though not always, for the better.<\/span><\/p>\n In most instances, by telling the stories of these declarations, we will also be telling the story of what the \u2018Spirit of \u201876\u2019 has come to mean to \u00a0people of varying political beliefs in the U.S. and abroad.<\/span><\/p>\n Many of the\u00a0declarations included in the Declaration Collection draw their inspiration from our original document, issued on July 4, 1776, and many model its format and structure and rhetoric. Many who\u2019ve publish declarations claim to be advancing the principles of our own Founding Fathers and Mothers , even as they often disagree about what those principles amount to.<\/span><\/p>\n We hope that you yourself will be moved by the Spirit of \u201976 to create your own declaration, based on your own vision for your world, and on your own notions of freedom, liberty, independence \u2014 and that this in turn will inspire you to spring into action, for a greater good.<\/span><\/p>\n It is also our hope that this community-building\u00a0site will move you to engage with others and explore how we can best achieve greater freedom, liberty and independence for one and all.<\/span><\/p>\n The Declaration Project focuses on three core themes:<\/span><\/p>\n We hope you\u2019ll visit our site early and often. Feel free to submit not only your own Declaration of Independence, but others that you might come across. This is a work in progress, and in the years to come we expect it will be the go-to site for all things \u2018declarational.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Declaration Project is an interactive site that features a comprehensive collection of declarations of independence and kindred declarations crafted in the U.S. and the world over. \u00a0While the \u2018Declaration Collection\u2019 component of this project is a centerpiece, there are two other key parts to this initiative: \u00a0\u2018My Declaration\u2122\u2018 gives you the opportunity\u00a0to compose […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=365"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1221,"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365\/revisions\/1221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/declarationproject.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
To launch on July 2, 2015 by Democracy Cafe<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n