CENTER CITY -- America's Birthday was celebrated this past Thursday, but the date July 8th also holds a significant moment in time. The First Public reading of the Declaration of Independence was July ...

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

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 ...

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical location, usually associated with where one grew up. It extends from ...

Roughly 500 people signed a replica Declaration at Lexington’s No Kings Rally. Organizers cited modern threats to civil rights as echoing 1776 grievances. Gathering for Democracy will continue ...

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...

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 ...

Trump asked ‘alarmed’ aides for the original Declaration of Independence to be moved to the Oval Office - The historic and fragile document is displayed at the National Archives Building in Washington ...

Mainers will soon be able to see a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence up close.

May 20 is "Meck Dec Day," marking the date in 1775 when the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was said to have been announced — more than a year before the nation's official declaration on July ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...