The Smithonian's National Musuem of American History is celebrating big with a 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence ...

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.

This lesson features a tour of the Museum of the American Revolution's "The Declaration's Journey" exhibit in Philadelphia, which details the history and global impac ...

More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — are famous. But the woman whose name also appears on ...

Once Americans declared that all people possess natural rights and that legitimate government rests on consent, women would ...

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed by Robert Luist Fowle in July 1776, sits on display at Christie's during a preview for the "We the People: America at 250" auction, Jan. 15, 2026 in ...

Historian Willard Sterne Randall looks at the evidence of how wealthy some of America's Founding Fathers actually were ...

Hillsdale College brought together six scholars to explore the founding principles of American independence and address contemporary debates surrounding 1776 during its Center for Constructive ...

In celebration of America's 250th, the Portsmouth Athenaeum's 2026 Lecture Series is "The Spirit of 1776: Revolution, ...