'National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America' with Michael Robert Auslin
Tue, Oct 20
|Walton Center for Planetary Auditorium
"National Treasure" is a celebration of how the Declaration of Independence became the supreme expression of the American Ideal and unity while guiding us along the often-bumpy road on the way to a more perfect Union. Register: https://specialevents.asu.edu/ereg/newreg.php?eventid=887705&
Time & Location
Oct 20, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Walton Center for Planetary Auditorium, 777 E University Dr, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
About the event
Walton Center for Planetary Health Auditorium
777 E University Dr Tempe AZ 85281
The closest parking structure to Walton Center Auditorium is the Tyler Street. Parking Structure ($4 per hour).
An award-winning historian, Michael Auslin takes us from the boarding house in Philadelphia where Thomas Jefferson put quill to paper to the Declaration’s long, harrowing, and ultimately hallowed afterlife. The principles enshrined in the Declaration became a beacon to the world. But what lessons should we take from it today? Can this statement of ideals in whose name the signers pledged their lives and sacred honor bring a disparate nation together? As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founders’ bold experiment, Auslin reminds us that this enduring document was not just a call for freedom and equality, but an eloquent statement of the principles that bind us together.