The United States Mint (Mint) will begin shipping the 2026 Semiquincentennial Quarter honoring the Declaration of ...

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 ...

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

Thomas Jefferson deleted key passages in the Declaration of Independence that historian Holly Brewer says reveal as much as ...

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

This year, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Between ...

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 ...

Philadelphia. May 1776. Finally, the tide has turned. Independence is alive in Philadelphia. And John Adams is ready to ...

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 ...

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

Tur, 42, was questioning whether a Sunday statement from the speaker was 'him putting God over the' important document on ...