The Declaration's Force: A Short Summer School Course
Wed, Jun 24
|Hillside Club
A 4-week course to celebrate 250 Years since the adoption of The Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776
Time & Location
Jun 24, 2026, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
About the event
Admission is by donation and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. We recommend a donation of $35 per person, per course. When purchasing your ticket there is a limit of only one per course - you may bring more than 1 person. Please consider this when choosing your donation amount.
Never before 1776 had such an incendiary political declaration been made. Never since has a political document inspired such a sea-change in the structure of government, or such creative originality in social and cultural expression. Shock waves from the American Revolution that ensued were felt not only in American life and politics, but across the world from France to Haiti as impetus for change.
This summer on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is the perfect time to re-examine its sources, the complex implications of its eloquent language, and its vast influence on cultural…