Independence Day is more than a national holiday. It represents the moment when America officially declared its intention to become a free and self-governing nation. Every year on the Fourth of July, ...

Today, we celebrate the 250th birthday of our nation, on the grounds that this is the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It was enacted by the Second Continental Congress, which ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...

Educators are finding engaging ways to teach the Declaration of Independence on the 250th anniversary of its signing.

Americans celebrate the Fourth of July because it marks the birth of the United States. Historians rightly remember it for something even more consequential. Two hundred and fifty years ago, a ...

During America 250 it’s worth taking a few minutes to reflect on what the Declaration of Independence has meant for freedom of religion.

Jefferson wrote it, but Lincoln gave it new meaning. As we mark our founding document's 250th anniversary, whose vision are we really celebrating?

More than 250 years ago, the United States began a difficult journey toward independence, a goal that would forever change the course of world history. The adoption of the Declaration of Independence ...

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...

Coordinated readings of the Declaration of Independence took place Wednesday evening in Lima, New Knoxville, Ottawa, Uniopolis, Van Wert, Wapakoneta, ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! C-SPAN toured the Museum of the American Revolution's "The Declaration's Journey" exhibit in Philadelphia. Collections and Exhibitions Director ...