Our Declaration of Independence can help us refocus on who we are and why we have a country. As we approach our 250th anniversary of the Declaration, we should do more than celebrate; we should pay ...

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 new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration's first printed copies, tracking their reception in the Thirteen Colonies and overseas ...

How did the American colonists separate fact from fiction? It wasn’t easy, explains Emily Sneff in “When the Declaration of ...

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

With the 250 th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence less than three months away, most people recognize that Thomas Jefferson’s words in the second paragraph of that document, ...

This year marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Across the state, parades, festivals and ...