Educators are finding engaging ways to teach the Declaration of Independence on the 250th anniversary of its signing.

United States’ Declaration of Independence, often considered to be the birth of America. While July 4 has been considered America’s birthday ...

From Roman freedom to Viking happiness, the iconic words in the Declaration of Independence reveal thousands of years of ...

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States, here are seven key dates that led to that independence ...

During America 250 it’s worth taking a few minutes to reflect on what the Declaration of Independence has meant for freedom ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. Drafted primarily ...

Links to some of my previous writings on these topics, which remain relevant on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration.

As Americans gather beneath fireworks on this Fourth of July, they will celebrate the birth of the United States. But what ...

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...

A handful of prominent Americans were tasked with bringing America together on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the ...

Soldiers fired flintlocks, the history of revolutionary cannons was explained, and the colonel read the Declaration of ...

I frequently answer constitutional questions from individuals who want to know more about the relationship between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Most of them understand that ...