More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — are famous. But the woman whose name also appears on the document, or at ...

The original Declaration of Independence is secure in the National Archives, presumably safe from Nicolas Cage.

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.

It is known as the “Fair Copy” of the Declaration of Independence — a rare, early, unedited version of the nation’s founding document, drafted in Jefferson’s eloquent hand, and containing a ...

The exhibition invites visitors to step into a moment when American independence, and the nation itself, was still taking ...

The effort of the government to spread opportunities for improvement of living standards is more important than many people ...

Over the years, I have written various posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

WEST CHESTER — A spirited reading of the Declaration of Independence took place Tuesday at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center. Twenty community members solemnly, and with much emotion, read the ...

They launched a bold experiment to create a new nation where the government answered to the people, not the other way around. The experiment was built on a few core principles — human dignity, the ...

Leaders of South Carolina’s three branches of government commemorated a non-partisan event — the 250th year of the ...

President Trump on Tuesday shared a photo of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) standing next to the Declaration of ...