Most importantly, perhaps, we need to remember that the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed and signed by members of ...

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, understanding the Declaration of Independence remains vital to our republic.

It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence still burns in the heart of every American patriot.” With ...

The expansiveness of the concept helps explain its endurance.

From Roman freedom to Viking happiness, the iconic words in the Declaration of Independence reveal thousands of years of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reproduction of the Declaration of Independence. Photo: Second Continental Congress via William Stone / Wikimedia Commons / ...

When R.C. Roberson first saw the Declaration of Independence in person, the faces of her father, her son, her uncle and her cousin – all of whom have served in overseas wars – flashed before her.

A copy of The Declaration Of Independence is displayed at the New York Public Library on July 1, 2014 (Andrew Burton/Getty Images) Danielle Allen is a political theorist at the Institute of Advanced ...

Every American schoolchild is taught that the Declaration of Independence was published on July 4, 1776, and that it proclaims that “all men are created equal” and that we are endowed by our “Creator” ...

Read today, the Declaration of Independence is a freedom document. It stands for absolute human equality and represents the highest ideals of the American republic. On July 4, we celebrate it as much ...

“Unhappy birthday,” America, said Robert Samuelson in The Washington Post. “In this summer of our discontent,” as partisans battle over budget deficits and the debt ceiling, Americans celebrated the ...