More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — are famous. But the woman whose name also appears on ...

The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...

The original printing is just one of 26 known remaining copies, and one of three located west of the Appalachian Mountains.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - People in Charleston had the chance to hear the text of the Declaration of Independence read aloud for the first time in August 1776. The Second Continental Congress adopted ...

However, instead of looking ahead, we are looking back at the start of it all. On July 4, 1776, 56 men signed a document declaring 13 British colonies as one United States of America. This year, ...

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

The Declaration of Independence confidently announces that America is now a separate nation from Britain and declares the new nation’s purpose, making it essential to our Founding. To understand and ...

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to constitutional interpretation and judicial review. In his year-end report ...

Hoosiers don’t have to travel to Washington, D.C. or Philadelphia to see one of the most important artifacts of the American Revolution; starting this month, just one of just 26 surviving copies of ...