On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain.

[This post is excerpted from the new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster).] That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of ...

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence, formally “The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen States of the United States”, was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. The Declaration did not ...

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 ...

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.

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...

Over the years, I have written various posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

A historic copy of the Declaration of Independence will be on display at the Museum of the American Revolution as part of a new exhibit the opens this fall. The poster-sized copy of the Declaration, ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is upon us. And despite the celebratory mood inside the country, much about the ...

NEW YORK, July 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Just days ahead of celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the American Declaration of Independence, Tuiga (1909) and Viola (1908) are ...