The famous second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence likely drew its phrasing from a sermon delivered in the early ...

In recent decades, the 1776 document's few references to God have been especially polarizing, as Americans defend starkly ...

The main objectives of the Declaration of Independence were to announce a cause of action and formally justify the Continental Congress’s July 2, 1776, decision to separate from Great Britain. The ...

Matthew Spalding joined the RCP Podcast on Friday to explain why the Declaration of Independence was not merely an ...

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 ...

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In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of presidents, "never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the ...

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...