Of the many speeches being delivered about the Declaration of Independence during America 250, Clarence Thomas' might be the ...

At a living history festival in North Carolina, visitors confront pride, pain and unresolved questions about what it means to ...

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

The final stage of the process was a vote on statements that could create a Declaration of American Ideals for the 21st ...

Justice Thomas then narrates the rise of progressivism and its advances in America in the early 20th century, which ...

One of the oldest copies of the Declaration of Independence is headlining a new exhibition at Yale University. It is designed ...

One can find it in the country’s name — the UNITED States of America — and in the sentiment of the motto written in Latin on ...

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 ...

Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, remains a mysterious historical figure. The exact location of Gwinnett's grave in Savannah's Colonial Park Cemetery is unknown. Gwinnett ...

Dorothy Walton wasn't just the wife of one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence; she was a patriot herself who once lost her own freedom having been captured by the British for a few ...

The Tiverton Public Library is hosting a replica of the 1823 William J. Stone engraving of the Declaration of Independence, one of only three libraries and three schools nationwide chosen for the ...