"Declaration of Independence" by John Trumbull

Can a single painting capture the American Revolution? John Trumbull’s “Declaration of Independence” attempts just that.

In this lecture, Rabbi Soloveichik examines what the painting reveals about the Founding Fathers and America itself. Through a dual focus on Jefferson and Adams, Rabbi Soloveichik suggests that the painting illuminates the era’s dynamic tensions—reason and revelation, individuality and union—and offers insight into America itself: a work of genius, and still very much a work in progress.