Governing principles came in 1789 with the U.S. Constitution, which did not mention God. In 1791, states then ratified the ...

A few words in the Declaration of Independence, describing Indigenous people as "savages," did lasting damage, professor ...

As the USA celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a leading historian talks about why it endures.

This is the second of a three-part series originally delivered as a lecture May 15 at a conference, “The Declaration of ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...

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How many times have we heard those words? In 2007, The Washington Post published an article by Gene Weingarten called “Pearls Before Breakfast.” In it, he chronicles an experiment by the newspaper, in ...

The American Revolution is one of the world’s greatest stories and a fulcrum moment in human history, overturning the iron ...

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 July 8th, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read to the public for the first time, Independence Hall holds a reenactment annually. The annual reading of the Declaration of Independence took ...