In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that ...
The White House marked Thomas Jefferson's birthday with a message hailing him as a visionary author of the Declaration of ...
The Declaration of Independence isn’t just a philosophical breakup letter. It was a strategic move to secure vital support ...
The University of Illinois Chicago is marking the milestone 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...
Broadside printing of the document commenced hours after it was approved. Copies were read aloud in town squares.
The Boston Public Library (BPL) is now presenting “Declarations: Printing a New Nation,” a new exhibition that opened ...
As we gather to celebrate the Fourth of July, we are reminded not only of the fireworks and festivities but also of the significant historical event that this day commemorates—the adoption of the ...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is scheduled to speak at UT Austin this Wednesday amid a backdrop of significant ...
The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain. Learn why it still matters.
Two hundred fifty years before millions of Americans started holding “No Kings” demonstrations, a small group of men met in Philadelphia for their version of those protests.