Broadside printing of the document commenced hours after it was approved. Copies were read aloud in town squares.

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.

During the 250th anniversary, it is a time for us all to reflect on those who gave us the freedom we enjoy today.

What began as an experiment in self-governance rooted in personal freedom and liberty has grown into the world’s most unique and important nation: the United States of America. Here, we can, within ...

Americans’ deep interest in our nation’s history, supercharged by the fast-approaching 250th anniversary of the Declaration ...

Introduction -- The world in the Declaration of independence -- The Declaration of independence in the world -- A world of declarations -- Conclusion -- Declarations of independence, 1776-1993 -- ...

On this day 249 years ago, Isaiah Thomas, publisher of the Massachusetts Spy newspaper and a onetime Worcester postmaster, stood on a porch of the town's meetinghouse and recited the Declaration of ...

NICODEMUS – Nicodemus National Historic Site will host “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy,” a traveling exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, April 2–July ...

Americans’ deep interest in our nation’s history, super-charged by the fast-approaching 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, has brought renewed focus on the early controversies, ...