Created 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration ...

Henry Greenberg, vice president of the New York County Lawyers Association and past president of the New York State Bar Association, describes the origins of judicial independence in New York, which ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill discusses the faith and politics that went into writing the Declaration of ...

Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...

America is celebrating putting the British Empire on notice with the Declaration of Independence 249 years ago. But the document that cemented the union in 1776 also infused President Lincoln with the ...

The 13 American colonies embraced government 'of laws, not of men,' and they strove to limit the power of future presidents.

There’s no need to pull a Nicolas Cage this time. A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence will hit the auction block on January 24 at Sotheby’s. Known as the Essex Broadside, the document ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which ...

Sotheby’s Books and Manuscripts is pleased to once again join our colleagues across other departments in “Visions of America.” We are proud to offer the Goodspeed's-Sang-Streeter copy of the July 1776 ...

In between today's cookouts, pool parties and fireworks, it's important to remember Philadelphia's role in the birth of America. In the late 18th century, the city hosted the First and Second ...

Kansas is playing host this year to various activities celebrating the 250th anniversary of the signing in 1776 of the Declaration of Independence.