Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...

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Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

Declaration Trivia A widely held misconception about the Declaration of Independence is it was signed on July 4, 1776. In an extraordinary coincidence, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on ...

Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they looked, with flowing loops and flourishes. "I'm looking at how pretty it ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Many founding fathers were unable to sign the Declaration ...

Many years ago a reader, Wallace Hooper, wrote to the Chronicle publisher with this request: “To celebrate this and every July Fourth, print the entire text of the Declaration of Independence.” In ...

There is confidence in the Declaration of Independence and the arguments made by the patriots in the years leading up to 1776. Leading loyalists or new Whigs warned of dreadful consequences that would ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Graeme Mack, University of Richmond (THE CONVERSATION) The Declaration of Independence ...