Celebrating America’s 250th: Walter Isaacson and ASU President Michael M. Crow examine the Declaration of Independence’s “greatest sentence ever written”

Free and open to the public, the 2026 Flinn Foundation Centennial Lecture, presented by ASU’s Barrett, The Honors College, brings bestselling author Walter Isaacson, former editor of Time and former chairman and CEO of CNN, together with ASU President Michael M. Crow for a live conversation inspired by Isaacson’s latest book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written. They’ll revisit the Declaration of Independence’s most famous sentence, how it came to be, how its meaning has evolved over 250 years and why those words still resonate today. Reservations are preferred.