UVA-Led Project Opens a Window Into the Making of the United States

The UVA Center for Digital Editing has received a $10 million NEH grant to make founding-era primary sources publicly accessible through a new website called forgingUS. Launching around America’s 250th anniversary, the project goes beyond celebrated figures to highlight the correspondence and documents behind the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, combining images, maps, and data visualizations in a growing digital humanities ecosystem.

This video is part of the 2026 Annual Research Report, produced by the Office of the Vice President of Research. Find more stories from this report here: https://news.research.virginia.edu