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 ...

Legislators, students, historical society members, reenactors of Founding Fathers, and more gathered to read the Declaration ...

The series opens March 5 with Wiliam Paca’s Annapolis House in Annapolis, Md. Historian Glenn Campbell will talk about Paca, ...

RIDGELAND — The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 is imbued with so much significance and gravitas in the American psyche that 250 years later it's easy to overlook how much personal ...

The state’s highest leaders gathered to honor the Declaration of Independence and talk about it’s significance to the state.

The original printing is just one of 26 known remaining copies, and one of three located west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Editor’s note: Jim McClure will read the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 4 at First Presbyterian Church, 225 E. Market St., York. This is part of the annual Daughters of the American ...

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

On Independence Day, I will have the esteemed honor of being the first African American descendant ever asked to read the Declaration of Independence as part of a longstanding July 4th tradition at ...

Almost two centuries ago, dozens of Texans gathered in the town of Washington-on-the-Brazos to sign Texas’ Declaration of ...