America’s 250th birthday promises to inflame controversies about the character of the country’s founding — and it key ...

The author of ‘The Greatest Sentence Ever Written,’ says, ‘Maybe reflecting on the Declaration of Independence and the values ...

It sometimes seems in America these days that our political divisions and polarization are unprecedented, but history reminds us otherwise. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, concluding ...

Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence known as the July 1776 Essex Broadside will go on the block later this month. Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will auction off a rare piece ...

The Declaration of Independence, submitted to the Continental Congress on June 28, 1776, approved on July 2 and declared on July 4, is the document in which the 13 American colonies formally stated ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they looked, with flowing loops and flourishes. "I'm looking at how pretty it ...

Until the founding of the United States of America, the nations of the West did not have to set forth the reasons for their existence and the basis of their authority. Land and blood established the ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Today’s column was going to be about earmarks and pork-barrel spending. Or why the governor ...

July Fourth marked 249 years since the 13 American colonies rejected a British monarch and embraced freedom. But as we enter the first days of our 250th year on this Earth, it feels like we’re moving ...