Duke Today

Duke and Durham Mark 250th Anniversary of Declaration of Independence

Duke University and Durham organizations are partnering to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States’ ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was breaking news. Here's how the founding document reached the American public

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that ...

1776’s Declaration of Independence inspired Washington’s troops to fight against the odds – and also helped bring in powerful allies

The Declaration of Independence isn’t just a philosophical breakup letter. It was a strategic move to secure vital support ...
Tennessean

What the Declaration of Independence still teaches us | Opinion

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...
USA Today

The Declaration at 250. Why it still matters | Opinion

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It established a foundation for American government based on natural ...
Townhall

The Declaration of Independence: A Framework for Limited Government

They launched a bold experiment to create a new nation where the government answered to the people, not the other way around. The experiment was built on a few core principles — human dignity, the ...

'Sing Democracy 250' national concert series celebrates democracy, Declaration of Independence

G. Phillip Shoultz III visited KARE 11 on Sunday to share more about the concert, featuring five Minnesota choral ensembles ...