The Declaration of Independence details the grievances against the British Crown that led to a new nation.
This is the final essay in a series on the Declaration of Independence, in recognition of its 250th anniversary. Most of the ...
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America. When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary ...
The founding document has been fought over since it was written. Today, we can let Trump claim it, or we can take up its ...
It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence still burns in the heart of every American patriot.” With ...
The United States marks 250 years of independence this July 4. Read our Declaration of Independence.
But the events of 1776 are harder for Boston to claim. After the British evacuated these parts on March 17, the action moved ...
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 ...
Many largely accept Jefferson’s statements about rights, liberty, consent, criminality, and the role of government, however, many come short of adopting ...
When the signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor ...
On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and ...