You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.

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When the Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, it was breaking news. This free exhibit in ...

We all know about July 4, 1776, but what do you know about May 20, 1775? Then, poetry from the new book "We (The People of ...

[This post is excerpted from the new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster).] That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of ...

History teachers across the U.S. are working to make the nation's founding documents relevant as the 250th anniversary of the ...

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A historian explains how the Declaration of Independence continues to shape modern government and political thought. Olivia ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani was blasted for “corrupting history” about the creation of Israel in a vile social media post paying ...

Editor’s note: This is part of a 12-week series of stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of communities where Ogden Newspapers, parent company of The Frederick ...