I write from the Claremont Institute to introduce you to a free website

-http://www.founding.com/ -devoted to teaching users the principles of the

American founding. Especially useful for students, teachers, elected

officials, homeschoolers, and interested citizens who want to learn more

about American history and government, www.founding.com explains in simple

language the key ideas in the Declaration of Independence. What is a "self

evident truth?" What are the "laws of nature and of nature's God?" What

are our rights, and from where do they come? These and other fundamental

questions are answered by some of the leading constitutional and political

scholars in the country.

www.founding.com contains thousands of pages of original source material,

fully linked and searchable, and is one of the largest collections of

documents of the American Founding anywhere on the Internet. Cited in the

California Department of Education's AB3086 Resource list, and as an

official resource by the Arizona Department of Education

(http://www.ade.state.az.us/resources/links/civics.htm), www.founding.com is

sure to have all of the information that you will need to teach the

principles, and ideas of the American Founding.

Also, in partnership with PBS, the Claremont Institute will be launching a

new website dedicated to George Washington. Visit

http://www.pbs.org/foundingfather/ to view the preview page. Please visit

us soon.

Benjamin B. Hamlow

The Claremont Institute

250 West First Street, Suite 330

Claremont, CA 91711

e-mail bhamlow@claremont.org

Phone 909-621-6825

Fax 909-626-8724