The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

How the University of Iowa's Center for the Book played a major hand in protecting the United States' founding documents.

Jefferson and Adams ensured that the Declaration captured the hearts of Americans with different religious sensibilities.

William Thompson deserves plaudits as one of many whose early service led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence ...

People gathered Tuesday at the Berks County Services Center to commemorate the first local reading of the document.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch of America250FL, Florida's "official hub for the yearlong commemoration." ...

The power of the American ideal comes not from Americans being a “particular people” with a common heritage—an ...

These challenges to our ability to practice our faith have strained the comfortable intermingling of church and state." ...

Independence National Historical Park hosts some of the nation’s preeminent places of history. But what was the area like ...

Presque Isle’s restored one-room schoolhouse hosted a fitting Fourth of July celebration: a reading of the Declaration of ...