A wealthy merchant with a penchant for luxury, the Founder with a famous signature contributed more to the revolution than ...

Government overreach challenges America's founding principles of equality and freedom, echoing concerns from the Declaration ...

"The broken wire is our political system — the rules by which some candidates are able to be the only names on the ballot. When every choice is bad, voting seems pointless," attorney David Lebedoff ...

The debate about gun control is a "non-debate" since few people understand the 2nd Amendment gave the people the right to own ...

The Book Club, launched on July 4, 2025 at Monticello, marks the beginning of a year-long civic engagement initiative leading up to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.

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

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

This story was originally published on July 4, 2024. IDAHO FALLS – There was a “pensive and awful silence” as John Hancock ...

A Man Full of Trouble is Philadelphia’s last remaining example of colonial bar culture that birthed the American Revolution.

Legal scholar Stephen Legomsky , who taught for 34 years at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law , has just published a book,“Reimagining ... A list of grievances like in the ...

This cover image released by Random House shows a book combining the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham.

The Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution aren't only being read in classrooms these days. Sales of the founding documents have surged since Trump began his second term.