The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain. Learn why it still matters.

If you look at the signatures on the Declaration of Independence, you will see William Hooper among the names. Hooper, a ...

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

A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of 1776. The scene they witnessed was terrifying. The ...

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical location, usually associated with where one grew up. It extends from ...

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 ...

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

The University of Illinois Chicago is marking the milestone 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...

Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary background: He knew that at the very moment Thomas Jefferson wrote a book called “Notes on the State of Virginia” that ridiculed ...

The American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia has opened a new exhibition showcasing the Declaration of Independence and ...

Two hundred fifty years before millions of Americans started holding “No Kings” demonstrations, a small group of men met in Philadelphia for their version of those protests.