Reading the Declaration of Independence can be a moving and powerful experience -- especially 250 years after the Second Continental Congress approved it (it wasn't actually signed until August 2, ...

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Before the Declaration of Independence was signed 250 years ago, there was an aspiring new industry known as the free press. It took shape thanks to the earliest practitioners, such as the young ...

Thomas Jefferson was tasked with drafting a wartime document declaring independence. How did it become one of history’s most enduring symbols?

As we approach America’s 250th birthday, the Clarkston/Independence America 250 Committee has been meeting regularly to brainstorm ways the community can come together to celebrate. So far, a number ...

Historian and journalist Walter Isaacson writes that the Declaration's second sentence 'defines an enduring mission.' ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and ...

Americans can now co-sign a reboot of the Declaration of Independence to honor the nation's upcoming 250th anniversary.

PBS' 'Declarations' offers a vital re-examination of America's founding using traditional art and AI to bring invisible ...

A.O. Scott is a Times critic who writes about literature and ideas. “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem,” Walt Whitman wrote, but the nation was conceived in prose. Other ...

Speaking at WSJ Opinion Live in Washington, D.C., WSJ Editor at Large Gerard Baker and Texas Senator Ted Cruz discuss the war in Iran, the 2028 Republican primaries, and whether Mr. Cruz would accept ...