The National Archives is bringing documents that helped shape the United States directly to Houston.

The original printing is just one of 26 known remaining copies, and one of three located west of the Appalachian Mountains.

America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be ...

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...

He said, “Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and — with it — the practices and policy which harmonize with it.” He appealed to all regions of the nation and added, “let all lovers of ...

The stamp honors the Irish connection to the historic Declaration of Independence document ...

John Dunlap, who was born in Strabane, printed the first broadside copies of the Declaration of Independence.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas Studies Institute at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) will host “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy,” from Jan. 29 through March 15. This traveling ...

Perry Lower Intermediate School is celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary by hosting a replica of the Declaration of Independence. For the remainder of the school year, the facility will ...