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After celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, we can keep commemorating. Presidential sites, such as George Washington鈥檚 Mount Vernon and Thomas Jefferson鈥檚 Monticello in Virginia, are dedicated to sharing information about our country鈥檚 founding. In Massachusetts, the National Park Service has preserved the birth home of two presidents (John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams).

The Aaron Burr Association will mark the anniversary with a series of events in Philadelphia from Sept. 17-19. The public can register on its website to attend private tours of the Museum of the American Revolution and of Valley Forge. Its Sept. 19 luncheon features Dr. Andrew Shankman, the president-elect of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, discussing 鈥淲as (or When Was) the American Revolution Inevitable?鈥�

One can even celebrate the 250th anniversary abroad. In London, you can visit the home of Benjamin Franklin at 36 Craven St. In addition to being a Founder, Franklin was one of the most famous scientists in the world noted for his inventions that included bifocals.

The Science Museum London is launching a special exhibition called 鈥淏ecoming America: How Science Shaped a Nation鈥� from Oct. 23 to April 25. The tickets are free to see an original printed copy of the Declaration of Independence. The Science Museum brought me to London in June to answer questions about the scientific underpinnings of the Declaration.

I was asked, 鈥淲hat were the intentions of the Declaration of Independence?鈥� My response: To state the colonists鈥� objections to the actions of King George III and Parliament and convince the public of the cause of liberty.

The Science Museum London queried, 鈥淲ho wrote the Declaration and what were their influences?鈥� I answered: Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft, with John Adams and Benjamin Franklin providing comments before it was reviewed by the entire Continental Congress. All the Founding Fathers were trained in the classics, and Jefferson considered himself to be both a mathematician as well as a classics scholar.

Franklin changed the original reference to 鈥淲e hold these truths to be sacred鈥� to 鈥淲e hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.鈥� This harkens back to Euclid, the Greek mathematician who contributed to our understanding of geometry, axioms and self-evident truths. According to Euclid, some truths did not need proof.

Jefferson was also influenced by others. In a letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush, a Founder from Pennsylvania, Jefferson wrote that his 鈥渢rinity of the three greatest men the world had ever produced鈥� were Bacon, Newton and Locke. Francis Bacon argued for the importance of natural philosophy, guided by scientific methods. John Locke believed that absolute monarchs are the most dangerous men in the world. Thomas Jefferson鈥檚 original draft repeatedly called King George III a tyrant and blamed him for the slave trade. In the end, the 56 delegates to the Continental Congress (at least 40 of whom were slaveholders) voted to eliminate all references to slavery.

Sir Isaac Newton was interested in 鈥渃oncepts of nature.鈥� Jefferson reflects his understanding of Newton with references to 鈥淟aws of Nature and of Nature鈥檚 God鈥� in the Declarations鈥� opening paragraph.

As the founding document of the 近距离内射合集 States of America, the Declaration of Independence has endured for 250 years, although it took a war to implement its objectives. Starting with Marquis de Lafayette鈥檚 1789 draft of 鈥淭he Declarations of Rights of Man and of the Citizen,鈥� the Declaration became the model for approximately 120 declarations of independence. This signifies measurable legacy.

So, celebrate all year long. Our country still stands.

Sherri Burr is an author, historian, and emerita law professor at the University of New Mexico.