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A MORE PERFECT UNION will present concerts across the city, leading up to America’s 250th anniversary in Summer 2026. It will celebrate Philadelphia’s role as the birthplace of our nation, and the Constitution’s progress in achieving a more equitable blueprint for democracy. The issues that Orchestra 2001 will address are more relevant now than ever, exploring both profound and lighthearted music by dozens of composers, past and present.
First Amendment:
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
Second Amendment:
Right to Bear Arms
Thirteenth Amendment:
Abolition of Slavery
Nineteenth Amendment:
Women’s Right to Vote
Twenty-First Amendment:
Repeal of Prohibition
(Amendment summaries from the National Constitution Center, Philadelphia)
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Lead support for "A MORE PERFECT UNION" from the Philadelphia Funder Collaborative for the Semiquincentennial:
Connelly Foundation
Pew Charitable Trusts
William Penn Foundation
Neubauer Family Foundation