A new Declaration of Independence quarter begins circulating next week as the U.S. Mint launches its America 250 celebration.

It's been 250 years since the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how you can mark the occasion.

This is the first of a three-part series based on a lecture delivered on May 15 at a conference, “The Declaration of ...

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.

Governing principles came in 1789 with the U.S. Constitution, which did not mention God. In 1791, states then ratified the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they ...

As the United States celebrates its semiquincentennial, a new exhibit in Philadelphia is showing off rare printings of the Declaration of Independence. Next to Independence Hall is the American ...

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical location, usually associated with where one grew up. It extends from ...

Every American schoolchild is taught that the Declaration of Independence was published on July 4, 1776, and that it proclaims that “all men are created equal” and that we are endowed by our “Creator” ...

These days, there are a lot of extremely alarming headlines featuring Donald Trump. At first glance, “Trump’s Own Declaration of Independence” doesn’t seem like one of them. The Atlantic headline ...