Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...

Kansas City will the first city, in an eight-city tour, to exhibit multiple historic documents related to the founding of the ...

Created 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which ...

Dr. Emily Sneff, an early American historian and leading expert on the Declaration of Independence will lead the lecture, ...

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

In remarks at Independence Hall in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln shared the roots of his political philosophy while reflecting on the cornerstone of the republic. “I have never had a feeling ...

There have been calls for a permanent public statue of John Dunlap – the Strabane-born printer of the Declaration of Independence – as the US celebrates its 250th anniversary this year.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them ...

In between today's cookouts, pool parties and fireworks, it's important to remember Philadelphia's role in the birth of America. In the late 18th century, the city hosted the First and Second ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 248 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...