Among longtime history teacher Karalee Wong Nakatsuka’s most prized possessions are two nearly identical T-shirts with very ...

A new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration's first printed copies, tracking their reception in the Thirteen Colonies and overseas ...

America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, whose ideals resonated across the world, amid ...

But if Jefferson and his colleagues on the Committee of Five avoided specifying what a national government should look like, ...

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...

That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of presidents, "never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the ...

As we gather to celebrate the Fourth of July, we are reminded not only of the fireworks and festivities but also of the significant historical event that this day commemorates—the adoption of the ...

America’s founding document, including the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, came dangerously close to falling into enemy ...

Every American schoolchild is taught that the Declaration of Independence was published on July 4, 1776, and that it proclaims that “all men are created equal” and that we are endowed by our “Creator” ...

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

History tells us a lot about the Founding Fathers of the U.S., but today we’re going to talk about some of the women who had ...