The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...

As national conversations continue around immigration enforcement and civil liberties, a public discussion on Wednesday, Jan.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Walter Isaacson explained why the first sentence in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence is important. Author Walter Isaacson ...

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 ...

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

Women were not the intended audience of the Declaration of Independence, but they refused to treat it as a finished document. They used its promise of equality to question exclusion and to press the ...

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...

After spending years in storage, Louisville officials unveiled a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence to the public ...

Mark Guiney is the manager of video production in Digital Productions at The Heritage Foundation. He also produces and creates video for The Daily Signal. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, ...