The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...
[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...
Graeme Mack does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...
Mentor Public Library is celebrating the United States of America’s 250th anniversary all throughout 2026 with programs about the nation’s history. The series launches with a lecture about the ...
There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical ...
With fireworks lighting up the skies and flags being waved proudly across the United States, Americans will come together on Friday to celebrate the 4th of July, which is US Independence Day. Although ...
On Independence Day, we present the Declaration of Independence. 2025 marks 249 years since the United States’ founding document was adopted by the delegates to the Second Continental Congress in ...
Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. On May 14, 1776, after eight days traveling across Virginia, Maryland and ...
It was hard to imagine that the American people could become more bitterly divided than we were after the 2016 election, but that happened after 2020, and after 2024 — and difficult as it is to recall ...
In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them ...