The Museum of the Bible is launching new exhibits honoring the Bible’s influence in the United States ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The museum is also hosting a lecture series on the topic.
“From America’s earliest days, no text has left a deeper mark on the nation’s ideals, laws, and culture than the Bible. As America marks its 250th anniversary, Museum of the Bible invites you to explore this story like never before, with events throughout the year and two new exhibits opening July 3 that trace the Bible’s profound influence on American history from the founding era to today,” the museum says on its website about the exhibit.
The lecture series will bring 12 “world-renowned scholars and historians from across the nation to Washington, DC, for America’s 250th anniversary,” the website adds, explaining that the series will ” take you deeper into the biblical rhetoric of revolution, the spiritual framing of independence, and the scriptural foundations of early American political thought.”
In April, President Trump issued a statement highlighting the Bible’s role in America.
“From Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World and the first permanent English-speaking settlement at Jamestown to our founding in 1776 and to the present day, the Bible has been indelibly woven into our national identity and way of life,” the statement reads, going on to detail that Christian settlers in the nation were encouraged to “stand as a beacon of faith for all the world to see.”
Explaining that the “truths of Holy Scripture remained deeply embedded in our culture—not only within the walls of our churches but in our homes, schools, courtrooms, and public square,” President Trump declared that biblical principles were central to the Declaration of Independence.
“From the declaration of those immortal words at the very beginning of our Republic, and ever since, the Bible has enduringly illuminated our system of Government, given life to our constitutional framework, bolstered our educational institutions, and informed our deepest civic and moral identity,” the statement adds.
