God’s role is often downplayed or ignored in the Declaration, with three godly references that altered history and remain ...

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

The Vindicator posted the Declaration of Independence in 12 parts on its Facebook page leading up the nation's birthday. Facebook sent a notice that one of those parts "goes against our standards ...

Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page measures the importance of happiness and its part in one of the most famous phrases of the Declaration of Independence as the United States turns another ...

JOHN HART signed in the fifth column of the Declaration, second name from the bottom; his is hardly one of the more recognizable signatures on that document, but he nevertheless paid a dear price.

The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2, 1776. Many people may assume it was signed on July 4, the day it was officially adopted by Congress, but it took nearly a full month to get ...

Unlike virtually all modern independence movements, the Declaration of Independence sets out a case for secession based on universal human rights rather than ethnic, cultural, or religious identity.

Declaration of Independence Had Several Drafts. ... Congress removed this wording in the final version of the Declaration, one of more than 80 changes made along the way.