Americans can join together to celebrate the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence

The Fourth of July has passed, but that doesn’t mean the America 250 celebrations are over, there are other milestones in our ...

Declaration of Independence read in Champaign Co. 250 years after first public reading

Independence Day may have come and gone, but celebrations for America’s 250th birthday continue this week. Across the country ...

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence seized in 1776 uncovered in London

Listed simply as “another paper” in the Royal Navy inventory, the Declaration remained buried in British archives for 250 ...

Communities across state to gather for Declaration of Independence readings for nation's 250th

Roughly 90 public readings are planned across Michigan. Wednesday is 250th anniversary of when Declaration of Independence ...

Trump Busted Over Declaration of Independence Gaffe

President Donald Trump, 80, drew the ire of critics on all sides when he made an embarrassing mistake in his Fourth of July ...

Houlton joins Declaration of Independence readings across the US

The town was one of six Maine locations to read the founding document in unison with other voices in all 50 states.

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured US ship

Michael Scurr, a volunteer at Britain’s National Archives, has discovered a rare early copy of the Declaration of ...

The Declaration of Independence: was separation inevitable?

On 4 July, 250 years ago this week, America declared itself free from British colonial rule ...

Declaration of Independence read in Joplin, other cities across the U.S.

We all celebrated July 4th, but today July 8th, marked another major event in our nation's birth. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by ...

Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London

A volunteer cataloging naval letters came across a copy of the document, printed 250 years ago in New Hampshire. “It was a ...
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Bloomington-Normal marks America 250 with global reading of the Declaration of Independence

Community leaders, students, veterans, Scouts, clergy, educators and others from across Central Illinois participated in ...

Humor, history collide in new Declaration of Independence ‘bobblehead’

Now there’s a bobblehead for an American icon that doesn’t even have a head: the Declaration of Independence, one of the ...