Footage of President Trump being asked what the Declaration of Independence means to him has gone viral on social media, ...

In 2026, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — a bold and revolutionary ...

It encapsulates why Independence Day is so important ... Guelzo: So let's take those words at the beginning of the Declaration, words that have been worn smooth with familiarity.

Lee's words were the impetus for the drafting of a formal Declaration of Independence, although the resolution was not followed up on immediately. A committee of five was appointed to draft the ...

notably by architect John Haviland in the 1830s and under the direction of the National Park Service beginning in the 1950s, returning it to its appearance during the years when the new country’s ...

The Declaration of Independence took a lot of abuse in the ... And for 35 years, beginning in 1841, it was hung on a wall in the Patent Office in Washington, D.C., across from a sunny window.

Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it.