Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains. His 2021 book Liberty is ...

America’s 250th birthday promises to inflame controversies about the character of the country’s founding — and it key ...

Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...

During public participation at the Jan. 15 Westfield City Council meeting, former City Solicitor Peter Martin read excerpts ...

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 ...

The film depicts the historical events leading to the Declaration of Independence by the thirteen American colonies in 1776. It highlights the colonists' struggle for self-governance, their resistance ...

In between today's cookouts, pool parties and fireworks, it's important to remember Philadelphia's role in the birth of America. In the late 18th century, the city hosted the First and Second ...

Americans know of the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence, but do people really have knowledge about them? A local group has pondered that question and decided there’s far more they need to ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - This week in history— Did you know there was a declaration written before the Declaration of Independence? And it was written by Thomas Jefferson. Written by Thomas ...

The eyes lack any clear expression, though they aren’t vacant. Staring down from the upper windows of a substantial brick house at the corner of Market and Seventh streets, in the historic district ...

A July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence is on offer at Sotheby’s, where it is estimated at $2 to $4 million. It comes to auction less than four years after it sold at Christie’s for ...