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

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.

Dorothy Walton’s husband signed the Declaration of Independence. Her grave in Pensacola has been lost over time, but is now ...

The Department of History and Philosophy at Westfield State University invites the public to the second talk in the Gwozdz ...

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...

Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, marks the birth of the United States as an independent nation. On this day in 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of ...

New Yorkers will get exclusive access to Thomas Jefferson’s handwritten iteration of the Declaration of Independence this ...

This lesson features a tour of the Museum of the American Revolution's "The Declaration's Journey" exhibit in Philadelphia, which details the history and global impac ...

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

The widespread dissemination of the Declaration to other countries served a definite strategic purpose. As Richard Bell, a professor of history at the University of Maryland, observes in a fascinating ...

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 ...

An Ulster connection to the American Declaration of Independence has been commemorated in a new stamp. John Dunlap, who was born in Strabane, County Tyrone, in 1747, printed the first broadside copies ...