America is celebrating putting the British Empire on notice with the Declaration of Independence 249 years ago. But the document that cemented the union in 1776 also infused President Lincoln with the ...

What exactly does ‘all men are created equal’ mean in the Declaration of Independence? I used to think the answer was obvious ...

WEST CHESTER — As the U.S. prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Dinniman Together Fund at West Chester University is coordinating a series of ...

This article was originally published in The Conversation. The Declaration of Independence was written by wealthy white men, but the impetus for independence came from ordinary Americans. Historian ...

As part of the lead up to the nation's 250th birthday (semiquincentennial), famed Louisiana author Walter Isaacson is ...

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

The Declaration of Independence, along with the preamble of the Constitution and speeches and writings of our statesmen, help define the foundational character and values of America. The Declaration’s ...

It's the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation's grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth reengaging with the document whose ...

The history of America has been told in many classrooms, but that doesn't mean students hear everything. Consider this: one of the most famous divorces in history shaped America's Declaration of ...

The Declaration is sometimes championed by right-libertarians and left-liberals alike as a paean to individualism and a refutation of communitarianism of any kind. As one X user put it on Thursday: ...

John Trumbull's painting, 'Declaration of Independence,' depicting the five-man drafting committee of the Declaration of Independence presenting their work to the Congress. The painting can be found ...