Over the years, I have written a number of posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...
The American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia has opened a new exhibition showcasing the Declaration of Independence and ...
The University of Illinois Chicago is marking the milestone 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...
The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain. Learn why it still matters.
In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that ...
It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May of 1776, John Adams, an accomplished draftsman who penned the state Constitution of Massachusetts (still the world's oldest), ...
Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains. His 2021 book Liberty is ...