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

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

How the University of Iowa's Center for the Book played a major hand in protecting the United States' founding documents.

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

People gathered Tuesday at the Berks County Services Center to commemorate the first local reading of the document.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...

Now begins the run-up to an important marker in our national life, one that will spark contemplation and controversy.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch of America250FL, Florida's "official hub for the yearlong commemoration." ...

The power of the American ideal comes not from Americans being a “particular people” with a common heritage—an ethnically-rooted nation like others—but from its being different.

Independence National Historical Park hosts some of the nation’s preeminent places of history. But what was the area like ...

Presque Isle’s restored one-room schoolhouse hosted a fitting Fourth of July celebration: a reading of the Declaration of ...

The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...