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The Declaration of Independence at 250: Five Questions About America’s Founding Document

Most importantly, perhaps, we need to remember that the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed and signed by members of ...

Op-ed: The legacy of the Declaration of Independence

This is the final essay in a series on the Declaration of Independence, in recognition of its 250th anniversary. Most of the ...

What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered ...

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the ...