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

Broadside printing of the document commenced hours after it was approved. Copies were read aloud in town squares.

The exhibition is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States and the signing of the historic document. Here's how ...

Until the founding of the United States of America, the nations of the West did not have to set forth the reasons for their existence and the basis of their authority. Land and blood established the ...

FSU's Institute for Governance and Civics is taking the community back in time with a reenactment of the Declaration of ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

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

History tells us that it was a hot, steamy day in In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Continental Congress, sweating from the humidity, and surely from the fact they were committing ...

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the nation, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced two ...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them ...

The United States' Declaration of Independence from England is basically just a litany of accusations against the king. There was never a proper trial, with lawyers representing the king to give his ...