MCCC commemorates 250th anniversary of the U.S. with a free guest lecture exploring the lasting impact of the Declaration of ...

Dr. Emily Sneff, an early American historian and leading expert on the Declaration of Independence will lead the lecture, ...

America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year — marking 2½ centuries since the signing of the Declaration of ...

On present-day accounts of the Revolutionary Era. The Declaration of Independence was the banner under which the American Revolution was fought. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men ...

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary background: He knew that at the very moment Thomas Jefferson wrote a book called “Notes on the State of Virginia” that ridiculed ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to constitutional interpretation and judicial review. In his year-end report ...