On July 4, 1776, 56 men signed a document declaring 13 British colonies as one United States of America. By this charter, they formed a new country … one free from a distant king's rule. The ...

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They are, perhaps, the most famous 1,322 words ever strung together. And in assembling them, Thomas Jefferson accomplished far more than simply announcing to the world that the American colonies were ...

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 ...

The United States has never fully lived up to its promise, but if the promise of America is embodied anywhere, it is in Jefferson’s famous preamble. Historians believe that Jefferson understood the ...

If John Adams' first guess had been correct, the fireworks and related celebrations to commemorate Independence Day would have been held on Saturday, and today, we'd be trudging back to work after a ...

President Biden cited the Declaration of Independence in his opening remarks at the Democracy Summit on Thursday but amended it to include women as he discussed the importance of American ideals.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of ...

However, instead of looking ahead, we are looking back at the start of it all. On July 4, 1776, 56 men signed a document declaring 13 British colonies as one United States of America. This year, ...

Along with the words and phrases that still ring out 239 years later are less noticed turns of phrase. They say a lot about the messages Thomas... Just A Few Important Words About The Declaration Of ...