But if Jefferson and his colleagues on the Committee of Five avoided specifying what a national government should look like, ...

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...

A new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration's first printed copies, tracking their reception in the Thirteen Colonies and overseas ...

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As a people, we feel lost. Our political life is full of division and animosity. Our society struggles to find its sense of meaning. Violence erupts far too often. And beyond our borders, we find ...

Michael Auslin is the author of the forthcoming, on Tuesday, “National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made ...

How did the American colonists separate fact from fiction? It wasn’t easy, explains Emily Sneff in “When the Declaration of ...

The men who drafted the Declaration of Independence read the newspapers in Philadelphia, and they were influenced by the rumors being reported. When the Continental Congress voted to declare ...

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

The Brandywine Valley Symphony’s season finale on June 25 at 7:30 PM in the Open Air Theater of Longwood Gardens will begin ...