The document has been a clarion call for centuries, but in ways foreign to the writers and signers. In this 250^th year anniversary, join me for a closer look at our founding document - the arguments in that Philadelphia summer and the fifty-six men who risked everything to put their names to it. A document with no legal force became the standard by which abolition, suffrage, and civil rights have measured this nation. Its legacy has far outpaced its intent.