Francis Hopkinson was a biting critic of British policies , and he signed the Declaration on August 2, 1776. His home was looted several times during the war. Francis Hopkinson was born in ...

The conversation builds on Widmer's new book The Living Declaration: A Biography of America’s Founding Text (Library of America, 2026), which traces the Declaration’s remarkable history and evolving ...

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The Georgia Assembly appointed George Walton as one of its Continental Congress delegates. British forces took Walton prisoner after seizing Savannah; he was later freed. George Walton was born near ...

Thomas McKean was a staunch supporter of the Declaration, and he played a crucial role in Delaware’s decision to support independence. Thomas McKean was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, the son ...

The National Constitution Center is the first and only museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution. Through interactive exhibits, rare artifacts, and live theater, we bring the Constitution to life for ...

Universal suffrage proposals first emerged during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877). Suffragists later modeled their proposal after the 15th Amendment (1870) and settled on language to end sex ...

George Mason, member of a prominent Virginia family who had authored Virginia’s Declaration of Rights in 1776, was one of three delegates in Philadelphia (along with fellow Virginian, Edmund Randolph, ...

Thomas Mifflin served as president of the Confederation Congress, attended the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and became Pennsylvania’s first Governor. Thomas Mifflin was born in Philadelphia in ...

At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Gunning Bedford served on the committee that drafted the Great Compromise over equal representation of the states in the Senate. Gunning Bedford was born in ...

Philip Livingston was part of a large and politically influential family. He signed the Declaration, and then British forces took over his Brooklyn estate. Philip Livingston was born in Albany, New ...