Even more remarkable was the fact it was the only copy of its kind known to exist other than the original, kept in the US ...

Kyra Sedgwick says democracy and the Constitution mean a lot to her, revealing ancestor William Ellery signed the Declaration ...

The New York Historical thinks it has identified the anonymous printer behind a rare broadside printing of the Declaration ...

As our country gets ready to celebrate its 250th birthday, a piece of history from its 50th is now on display in Richmond.

Released online each Monday through June 29, the tickets grant access to one of the few surviving “fair copies” of the ...

A few words in the Declaration of Independence, describing Indigenous people as "savages," did lasting damage, professor ...

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

The design is one of several coin denominations, and the third of five new quarters, made specially for the country’s ...

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by ...

This year, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Between ...

Exeter’s American Independence Center goes beyond the Revolution, with immersive exhibits on rights, democracy and the living ...

One of the many unknown facts about the Declaration of Independence is, it symbolises a historic pillar in American history. It signals the legal independence of the thirteen American colonies from ...