The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions ...

More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — ...

This lesson features a tour of the Museum of the American Revolution's "The Declaration's Journey" exhibit in Philadelphia, which details the history and global impac ...

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.

The original Declaration of Independence is secure in the National Archives, presumably safe from Nicolas Cage.

Over the years, I have written various posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

They stood together in defiance of King George III. They're together still, buried below a monument honoring their courage.

WEST CHESTER — A spirited reading of the Declaration of Independence took place Tuesday at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center. Twenty community members solemnly, and with much emotion, read the ...

The effort of the government to spread opportunities for improvement of living standards is more important than many people ...

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 ...

A statue of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and an enslaver, that was taken down in Delaware in ...

Students at a Scottish university have been asked to design a tartan to mark the 250th anniversary of the American ...