(The Conversation) – Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains. His ...

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The most famous phrase of the Declaration of Independence contains something of a contradiction, or at least an inconsistency. Happily so for Christians. There is a theological claim hiding there. Not ...

One right in the Declaration of Independence is often not given the attention it deserves and has been questioned in the ...

The Declaration of Independence is a document that indicates the founding principles of the United States of America. The declaration was issued by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and ...

Independence Day is the day we as Americans celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, but how much do you really know about the famous early-American breakup letter to King George ...

The Town of Wells, Maine, has uncovered an extraordinary local link to the nation’s founding.

Independence Day is more than a national holiday. It represents the moment when America officially declared its intention to become a free and self-governing nation. Every year on the Fourth of July, ...

This particular copy was recorded in the Wells Town Record Book in July 1776 by Town Clerk Nathaniel Wells.

The Declaration of Independence is a document that indicates the founding principles of the United States of America. The declaration was issued by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and ...