07/04/2026
Happy 250th 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐲! 🇺🇸🇮🇹
As the United States celebrates a historic milestone (250 years of liberty and independence), we recognize the powerful transatlantic connection that helped shape the nation’s foundational ideals.
Did you know that the phrase “All men are created equal”—a cornerstone of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and later echoed in the Constitution—has roots in the ideas of an Italian intellectual?
🇮🇹 Filippo Mazzei, a physician, writer, and diplomat from Tuscany, was a close friend of Thomas Jefferson. His writings inspired Jefferson’s revolutionary thinking on equality and natural rights principles that became foundational to the United States.
As we mark this Semiquincentennial, Mazzei’s legacy reminds us that the American experiment in democracy was shaped not only by its own founders, but also by global exchanges of ideas - a foundation where Italian thought played a defining role.
At ISSNAF PND, we celebrate this shared heritage and the enduring impact of Italian contributions to science, culture, and civic thought.
Freedom is built on ideas, and ideas know no borders.
