The United Kingdom quietly houses four original copies of our founding document, three of which were taken from the U.S. without consent.

The Obama Presidential Center. “Hope now has a permanent home,” Obama Foundation CEO and former senior adviser to the president Valerie Jarrett tells an audience of about three dozen reporters in a ...

Art Gottlieb recently delivered an informative, entertaining, and engaging lecture on The Declaration of Independence at ...

While the apex of the 2026 Semiquincentennial celebrations occurred ahead of and on July 4 — coinciding with the adoption of ...

The Declaration of Independence is a fixed historical pronouncement of why our nation should exist. The U.S. Constitution, ...

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Every child deserves a safe and nurturing home where they ...

At least three Tennessee school districts have approved the display of the Ten Commandments since a new GOP-backed law giving ...

This lesson explores the life and legacy of Founding Father James Wilson, whose contributions to American democracy have largely been forgotten due to scandal. The le ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is pursuing an ambitious remaking of Washington, with plans for projects ranging from a new White ...

Declaration of Independence. But, one might ask, didn’t that happen on July 4? Not quite. But the earlier date is considered the birthday of the United States for good reason. As historian Michael ...

Much of the hoopla surrounding the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations this summer might be over, but a monumental event happened this week in 1776. The Declaration of Independence finally ...

On Aug. 2, 1776, the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, was signed by members of the Continental Congress.