In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..." The Declaration of Independence was a radical statement for its time, penned two and a half centuries ago, establishing a ...

This year, the United States marks 250 years since its founding, a milestone that started with a breakup letter. The list of grievances from the colonies to the British Crown eventually became a ...

In recent decades, the 1776 document's few references to God have been especially polarizing, as Americans defend starkly ...

I was six when I first saw the Declaration of Independence. There, in its old marble shrine in the Rotunda of the National ...

The plane, organized by the National Archives, will take rare 18th-century documents around the country in a tour loosely inspired by the Bicentennial’s Freedom Train. By Jennifer Schuessler In 1876, ...

Over the years, I have written various posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

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

In the colonial era, such a concept of civic friendship and equality was inherent in the practice of local representation.