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News of the Declaration of Independence reached Great Britain in August 1776 and ignited a media frenzy, according to the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching about ...

At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.

It's crucial today to acknowledge that for 249 years thousands of Americans have fought to protect the ideas of the American ...

Thomas Jefferson’s first version of the Declaration of Independence told the truth about America that we would all be well served to remember and exalt this Fourth of July. He wrote, “We hold these ...

The obvious answer is that it is opportunity for self-improvement, best realized in the United States over any other nation ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

P INE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - On this day, July 4, 249 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by this country’s ...

As time moved along, growing bands of protestors helped the adolescent nation grow stronger and more just. After the Civil War, women began to protest being denied the vote. Impoverished laborers rose ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “The deleted paragraph demonstrates how kicking the can down the road never solves the problem. More often, it makes ...

By The Associated Press The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, ...