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

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which ...

As America turns 250, we trace the triumphs, contradictions and arguments that shaped the world’s first liberal republic And ...

The 250th anniversary is keyed to the Declaration of Independence, ratified on July 4, 1776. Years of tension between the ...

"It was a real bold document," said Orangetown town historian Mary Cardenas of the Orangetown Resolutions, signed in Rockland ...

When Thomas Jefferson included “the pursuit of Happiness” as an unalienable right in the Declaration of Independence, he wasn't talking about fleeting joy. Here's the true meaning behind the quote.

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

Perhaps then, what we need to consider is a second Declaration of Independence, wherein American intellectuals gather for a ...

Last year, and in 2017, I put up posts about the universalist principles of the Declaration of Independence, and their continuing relevance today. The points made are no less relevant this year. So, ...

A rare silk edition of the Declaration of Independence from Middleton Place’s archives will be displayed when the ...

This Fourth of July will mark the 239th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, the document that birthed the nation. You may know about John Hancock’s famously large signature ...