On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain.
A volunteer sorting old Royal Navy papers at The National Archives in London has uncovered a rare 1776 printing of the US ...
I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The ...
A $4 flea-market purchase in Pennsylvania turned into one of the most remarkable discoveries in American history. In 1989, a man bought a framed painting mainly because he wanted the frame.
A rare William Stone copy of the Declaration of Independence, once given to Founding Father Charles Carroll, remained hidden for generations before being discovered in a Scottish attic. The historic ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Declaration of Independence did more than assert the Colonies' independence from Britain. iStock/Getty Images Plus A crowd ...
Historian Emily Sneff visits South Dakota State University to discuss the multilingual history of the Declaration of Independence.
Gordon S. Wood reviews why the Declaration of Independence’s assertion that governments derive their just powers from “the consent of the governed” was one of the most important issues in the ...
(The Conversation) — On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the ...
As we commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Alpena Community College will host a local ...
The parchment -- auctioned off Thursday in Philadelphia -- was actually just one of only a few dozen known remaining copies of the Declaration printed by master engraver William Stone.
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