The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, laid the groundwork for American government and rights.

WESTFIELD — The Department of History and Philosophy at Westfield State University invites the public to the second talk in the Gwozdz Family Speaker Series on Wednesday, March 25, at 4 p.m. in ...

As the USA celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a leading historian talks about why it ...

Ordinary colonists, the farmers, churchgoers, local leaders, pushed back against injustice by the British Crown.

Taxation wasn’t the only reason that America’s 13 colonies declared their independence from Britain, but it was certainly a factor, Hillsdale College’s Bill McClay says. “Americans believed in ...

Volunteers hold a large American flag on the beach in front of the Hotel del Coronado in 2022. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) For a lot of us, this Fourth of July feels impossible to ...

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 ...

PHILADELPHIA (WCSC) - The First Continental Congress adopted a pivotal document that expressed the American colonies’ growing dissatisfaction with British statutes imposed on colonists. The ...

Roughly 500 people signed a replica Declaration at Lexington’s No Kings Rally. Organizers cited modern threats to civil rights as echoing 1776 grievances. Gathering for Democracy will continue ...