Known as the semiquincentennial, the celebration includes fireworks, walking tours, block parties and a slew of Liberty Bell replicas to honor the city's past. But the Philadelphia of 1776 was much ...
George Washington’s Farewell Address is, in effect, the culmination and fulfillment of the Declaration of Independence.
Philadelphia. May 1776. Finally, the tide has turned. Independence is alive in Philadelphia. And John Adams is ready to ...
This is the first of a three-part series based on a lecture delivered on May 15 at a conference, “The Declaration of Independence at 250: What New Can Be Said?” hosted by the Stanford Constitutional ...
The United States Mint (Mint) will begin shipping the 2026 Semiquincentennial Quarter honoring the Declaration of ...
It's been 250 years since the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how you can mark the occasion.
Governing principles came in 1789 with the U.S. Constitution, which did not mention God. In 1791, states then ratified the ...
This year, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Between ...
It doesn't matter what the founders intended in the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. Byron Williams argues. It's all in writing.
EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...
A few words in the Declaration of Independence, describing Indigenous people as "savages," did lasting damage, professor ...