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A More Perfect Union is a new one-hour special that furthers the conversation around America’s 250th anniversary and complements Ken Burns’ The American Revolution.

It examines America’s founding and the ideas and values of liberty, equality, and democracy. It features Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, co-directors of The American Revolution, and Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute, in conversation with Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center and Melody Barnes of the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.

“It was a thrill to join Ken, Sarah, Yuval, and Melody for such a rich conversation about the enduring relevance of our founding principles,” said Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center. “At the National Constitution Center, we’re bringing those principles to life in our America at 250 Civic Toolkit, and we’re looking forward to working with Ken and Sarah to spark a national conversation about the American idea heading into 2026.”

A More Perfect Union examines how we think about America’s founding and how the ideas and values articulated 250 years ago remain relevant to conversations about governance today. This special engages Americans through a renewed civic conversation rooted in the founding principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Following the week-long premiere of Burns’s film, The American Revolution, the special includes clips from the documentary focused on the founding era and the politics and ideas of the period, with a broader discussion about how the founders thought about executive and legislative power and the role of the judiciary.