Heroes of 1776

Heroes of 1776 is a children's history book co-authored by Neil Gorsuch and Janie Nitze that highlights ordinary men, women, and children involved in the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence.

The book presents the Declaration's core ideas—equality, inalienable rights, and self-rule—as a creedal mission statement and uses short biographies and anecdotes to show the courage required to sustain them.

It includes illustrative vignettes of figures such as Caesar Rodney, Edward Rutledge, Mary Katherine Goddard, and Charles Carroll of Carrollton, emphasizing the non-inevitability of independence.

The authors aim to give young readers a 'database' of historical examples to cultivate character and civic responsibility.

Illustrated by Chris Ellison, the book seeks to connect history to contemporary challenges and encourage each generation to carry the torch forward.