More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — are famous. But the woman whose name also appears on the document, or at ...

Original documents from America's founding, including a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, will be on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science from May 8 through May 25 as part of ...

The original printing is just one of 26 known remaining copies, and one of three located west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Almost two centuries ago, dozens of Texans gathered in the town of Washington-on-the-Brazos to sign Texas’ Declaration of ...

Visitors lined up at the University of Virginia’s Rotunda on to view one of the nation’s earliest printed copies of the Declaration of Independence.

The effort of the government to spread opportunities for improvement of living standards is more important than many people ...

Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, marks the birth of the United States as an independent nation. On this day in 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of ...

Over the years, I have written various posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

The stamp honors the Irish connection to the historic Declaration of Independence document ...

America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be ...