It's been 250 years since the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how you can mark the occasion.

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, laid the groundwork for American government and rights.

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

Here is a reading list of books about the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution as both mark 250 years.

In recent decades, the 1776 document's few references to God have been especially polarizing, as Americans defend starkly ...

The audience of the Declaration of Independence was not King George III, it was the American people.

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...

A few words in the Declaration of Independence, describing Indigenous people as "savages," did lasting damage, professor ...

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.