In recent decades, the 1776 document's few references to God have been especially polarizing, as Americans defend starkly ...

A new exhibition in Lower Manhattan is offering visitors a chance to stand face-to-face with the documents that shaped the ...

It doesn't matter what the founders intended in the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. Byron Williams argues. It's all in writing.

They launched a bold experiment to create a new nation where the government answered to the people, not the other way around. The experiment was built on a few core principles — human dignity, the ...

The famous second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence likely drew its phrasing from a sermon delivered in the early ...

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

The main objectives of the Declaration of Independence were to announce a cause of action and formally justify the Continental Congress’s July 2, 1776, decision to separate from Great Britain. The ...

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Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

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 ...