The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...

It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.

The Declaration of Independence used to be read aloud at public gatherings every Fourth of July. Today, while all Americans have heard of it, all too few have read more than its second sentence.

The Declaration of Independence. (National Archives.) Today is July 4, and we appropriately celebrate the Declaration of Independence.The Declaration is best known for its ringing affirmation of ...

Just two years after it was bought for $4, it was sold at Sotheby’s for $2,420,000, establishing a record at the time for any ...

It's been 249 years since the Declaration of Independence was passed by the Continental Congress in 1776, which the holiday ...

A rare, surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence ended up at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. The historic document is receiving extra attention this year — and the next, America's ...

Two hundred and forty-nine years ago this week, one of the greatest documents in world history was penned. This “Declaration of Independence” shed the most powerful nation on Earth, created a ...

Friday marks the Fourth of July. 249 years ago, the founders signed the Declaration of Independence, marking the foundation ...

The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for one of the war’s most infamous conflagrations.