The copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed for preservation purposes in Jan. 1777 by Baltimore postmaster and newspaper publisher Mary Katherine Goddard. Staff Writer More than two centuries ...

The connection between individual liberty and the principles of the Declaration of Independence should be obvious. After all, the most famous passage in the Declaration states that all men have the ...

Alumnus Albert Small spent a lifetime tracking down prints of the Declaration of Independence and the signatures of all who ...

America celebrates Independence Day on July 4th every year. This date is etched into the nation’s collective memory as the birth of a new republic. Yet, the answer to “When was Declaration of ...

“Our policy may fail; I do not deny that this is an adventure. Are we never to have adventures? Are we never to try new experiments?” Arthur Balfour said, in an address to the House of Lords, ...

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library will mark the 242nd anniversary of the nation’s founding with a special display of a major document of United States history from its collections. All are ...

As Americans prepare to celebrate another Fourth of July, it is alarming to learn that a Louisiana bill requiring elementary school students to recite a passage from the Declaration of Independence ...

The Declaration of Independence is America's most prized possession, and with Fourth of July right around the corner, it's a great time to revisit the document and everything that it did for this ...

July Fourth marked 249 years since the 13 American colonies rejected a British monarch and embraced freedom. But as we enter the first days of our 250th year on this Earth, it feels like we’re moving ...

On 4 July 2017, the official twitter account of National Public Radio (NPR) tweeted the entire Declaration of Independence in honor of the United States' Independence Day. The 113 consecutive tweets ...