Americans have looked to the Declaration of Independence when they sought to remedy contemporary problems and create new ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...

Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they looked, with flowing loops and flourishes. "I'm looking at how pretty it ...

On Independence Day, we present the Declaration of Independence. 2025 marks 249 years since the United States’ founding document was adopted by the delegates to the Second Continental Congress in ...

Ultimately, that faith and trust resulted in a miraculous outcome. But it took eight grueling years of war that started in April 1775 and ended on September 3, 1783, when the Treaty of Paris was ...

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

The Declaration of Independence is a formal document that served as the signatory colonies’ statement that they were now “free and independent States.” It is a vital document in American history. On ...

In 1776, 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence. Some of them went on to become president. One of their names is basically synonymous with “signature” today. Others have museums, monuments, and ...

Richard M. Reinsch II is director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation and columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also a senior writer for Law & Liberty. If we ...

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...