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 ...
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 ...
Americans have looked to the Declaration of Independence when they sought to remedy contemporary problems and create new ...
July 4, 1776, is an important date in American history that is widely considered the birthday of the United States of America. But some people argue that Aug. 2 should actually be America's birthday, ...
Today is July 4, 2025. As a reminder of the nation’s foundational principles and ideals, we’re running the full text of the nation’s Declaration of Independence, which, 249 years ago on this day, ...
Times readers can again expect to find a full-page transcription of the Declaration of Independence in the newspaper this Fourth of July. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, David W.
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...
[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...