# America at 250 | America’s sacred (yet secular) documents with David Smith

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Podcast: [USSC Briefing Room](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ussc-briefing-room-6425487)
Published: 2026-07-03T14:01:00+00:00
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The words of the Declaration of Independence are world famous and, in many ways, America’s founding documents are “sacred” although they are secular. What makes America’s Declaration of Independence and Constitution unique? How are Australia’s founding documents different? How have these differences played out in the relationship between these foundational documents and their people? In honour of America’s semiquincentennial, the USSC has published a compilations of essays and recent polling: Reflections on America at 250 and we are releasing a series of podcast episodes with the authors. In the second episode in the series we are speaking with Associate Professor David Smith about his article: America’s sacred documents .

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