While most Americans grew up hearing that the Declaration of Independence was a revolutionary document giving Americans “the ...

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

PHILADELPHIA – Written by Thomas Jefferson, adopted on July 4, an international symbol of liberty. But how much do you really know about the Declaration of Independence? “The Declaration is a process, ...

Our country is in the midst of an important celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, but many ...

By Vince Bzdek When you first lay eyes on the actual founding documents of our country that, for the first time in history, have travelled together from their gilded cages in Washington to visit us ...

The card features a detail from the library’s rare copy of the Declaration of Independence written in Jefferson’s hand.

Here is a reading list of books about the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution as both mark 250 years.

How many times have we heard those words? In 2007, The Washington Post published an article by Gene Weingarten called “Pearls Before Breakfast.” In it, he chronicles an experiment by the newspaper, in ...

A few words in the Declaration of Independence, describing Indigenous people as "savages," did lasting damage, professor ...

The Fourth of July is the most prominent all-American holiday — the birthday of our country — even though celebrating the Fourth didn’t become common until after 1815, and Independence Day wasn’t made ...