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Ed Feulner’s Enduring Legacy: Shaping the Conservative Movement

Joe Thomas • July 21, 2025

Over the weekend, Edwin Feulner, founder, trustee, and the longest-serving president of The Heritage Foundation, passed away at the age of 83.

“Ed Feulner was more than a leader—he was a visionary, a builder, and a patriot of the highest order. His unwavering love of country and his determination to safeguard the principles that made America the freest, most prosperous nation in human history shaped every fiber of the conservative movement—and still do,” said Heritage President Kevin Roberts and Board of Trustees Chairman Barb Van Andel-Gaby.

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The Daily Signal sat down with one of the people Feulner looked to to help the American people understand the groundbreaking work of The Heritage Foundation and the truth about American conservatism. Daily Signal President and Executive Editor Rob Bluey joins us to talk about Ed Feulner’s life and the legacy he leaves behind:

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