Amid the political and social upheaval of the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew directly and self-consciously on the declaration. In his 1963 “ I Have a Dream” speech, King defined an ...

It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May of 1776, John Adams, an accomplished draftsman who penned the state Constitution of Massachusetts (still the world's oldest), ...

Richard M. Reinsch II is director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation and columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also a senior writer for Law & Liberty. If we ...

With just months to go before the 250th birthday of the United States, thoughts this morning from bestselling biographer Walter Isaacson: We've got a big birthday coming up next year – our 250th. Here ...

On Jan. 22, 2023, while in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris marked the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade — the since-overturned Supreme Court decision that established a ...

There is confidence in the Declaration of Independence and the arguments made by the patriots in the years leading up to 1776. Leading loyalists or new Whigs warned of dreadful consequences that would ...

Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they looked, with flowing loops and flourishes. "I'm looking at how pretty it ...

Public schools in several U.S. states are required to teach students about the Declaration of Independence, contrary to a video claim that the U.S. public education system does not teach the document ...

At first glance, the Vindicator’s Facebook promotion did not seem designed to make waves. The small newspaper, based in Liberty, a Texas city of 75,000 outside of Houston, planned to post the ...

July Fourth marked 249 years since the 13 American colonies rejected a British monarch and embraced freedom. But as we enter the first days of our 250th year on this Earth, it feels like we’re moving ...

It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May of 1776, John Adams, an accomplished draftsman who penned the state Constitution of Massachusetts (still the world's oldest), ...