Twenty community members solemnly, and with much emotion, read the document which was first read publicly on July 1, ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...

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The old adage “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” also doubles as the ultimate collector’s fantasy. Every garage sale, thrift store or dollar bin is an opportunity to find a diamond in the ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...

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 ...

Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they looked, with flowing loops and flourishes. "I'm looking at how pretty it ...

During the year of the 250th anniversary of American independence, Paul Meany reflects on how the American Declaration ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...

Some states teach from primary sources so students develop background knowledge and the ability to advance evidence-based arguments. U.S. government archives.gov Some suggest that the United States is ...

Soon, another Fourth of July will be upon us. What do we celebrate on the Fourth of July? Of course, it’s America’s birthday---dating back to 1776. That’s when 56 men agreed by voice vote for the ...