America’s founding document, including the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, came dangerously close to falling into enemy ...

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.

MADISON, Wis. — A local non-profit organization is launching an ambitious project to document Madison's history as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of ...

Historic Declaration of Independence-related documents that have long been buried in the National Archives will soon be ...

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - People in Charleston had the chance to hear the text of the Declaration of Independence read aloud for the first time in August 1776. The Second Continental Congress adopted ...

That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of presidents, "never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the ...

SINCLAIRVILLE – At the recent meeting of the Valley Historical society in Sinclairville, John Sipos, historian for the Town of Stockton and the Village of Cassadaga, presented to all those in ...

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

Introduction -- The world in the Declaration of independence -- The Declaration of independence in the world -- A world of declarations -- Conclusion -- Declarations of independence, 1776-1993 -- ...