Young Peoples’ Continental Congress

Carpenters’ Hall, in partnership with National History Day® (NHD), will be hosting the Young People’s Continental Congress (YPCC) this summer. We have invited 27 student-teacher teams to study history and civics in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from July 14–18, 2025. Participants will interact with students and teachers from across the country, explore our nation’s founding, and learn how the ideals of the founding era continue to be debated, discussed, and refined over the last 250 years.

Each team includes one high school student and one teacher, for a total of 54 delegates.

In July 2024, we ran a pilot of this program with student-teacher teams from the original 13 colonies. Thank you to all partners and sponsors who such an incredible week of learning and exploring possible!