How Virginia’s 1776 declaration still shapes America Drafted by George Mason in 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights laid out principles of inherent liberty, popular sovereignty, and government ...

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of presidents, "never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the ...

A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of 1776. The scene they witnessed was terrifying. The largest expeditionary force in British history sailed into the American ...

Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence on the afternoon of July 4, 1776. What happened next? A little-known sequence of events tells the story. It speaks volumes about the ...

As the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence approaches, educators are working to balance engaging students with historical accuracy while navigating political scrutiny. Many are using ...