They’re Some of the Most Famous Words Ever Written. Have You Ever Really Read Them?

The Declaration of Independence was a charter and a manifesto, yes, but in essence it was a memo, a hastily drafted, ...
The College Fix

Conservative scholars debunk claim Declaration of Independence was document of revolt

While most Americans grew up hearing that the Declaration of Independence was a revolutionary document giving Americans “the ...

Here's why the Declaration of Independence is still 'radical'

It doesn't matter what the founders intended in the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. Byron Williams argues. It's all in ...
The New Yorker

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was breaking news

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.
Reason

How the Declaration of Independence Captured American Hearts and Minds

[This post is excerpted from the new book, National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster).] That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of ...
Tennessean

The Declaration at 250. Why it still matters | Opinion

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It established a foundation for American government based on natural ...