This is the final essay in a series on the Declaration of Independence, in recognition of its 250th anniversary. Most of the ...

Delegates from across the original 13 colonies signed the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago on July 4, 1776, ...

This is the final essay in a series on the Declaration of Independence, in recognition of its 250th anniversary.

When the signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor ...

I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The ...

The founding document has been fought over since it was written. Today, we can let Trump claim it, or we can take up its ...

The United States marks 250 years of independence this July 4. Read our Declaration of Independence.

I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.” Isaacson is an influential public scholar and ...

It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence still burns in the heart of every American patriot.” With ...

But the events of 1776 are harder for Boston to claim. After the British evacuated these parts on March 17, the action moved ...

On July 4, 1776, 250 years ago, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. This document wasn’t merely ...

I frequently answer constitutional questions from individuals who want to know more about the relationship between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most of them understand that ...