Revisiting America’s vision statement — Harvard Gazette

Revisiting America’s vision statement — Harvard Gazette

Nation & World Two Americas, then and now Photos by Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Christy DeSmith Harvard Staff Writer March 27, 2026 5 min read Panel featuring filmmaker Ken Burns probes ‘disjunction’ between Declaration of Independence and the Constitution The Declaration of Independence, with its assertion of human equality, is akin to America’s “vision statement,” said historian Vince…