Sitting in panels at the 2022 Organization of American Historians (OAH) conference, it is clear historians are thinking about the upcoming semiquincentennial in expansive ways. In one panel, a participant joked that maybe we would extend the commemoration through 2033, the end of the Revolutionary War. Others responded that in some states, they are. My response, albeit to myself, was a strong 2037! 2039! The conversations we have about the legacy of 1776 are deeply entwined with the conversations about the legacy of 1787 and the United States Constitution. Read more