There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named the Declaration of Independence, and it outlines how the then-13 ...

Congress refrained from publishing the Declaration of Independence with a list of the signers until six months later when America won its first great victory in the war. Wrote New Jersey delegate ...

One Man’s Epic Quest To Uncover The First, True Declaration of Independence, has the advantage of covering both of those angles. Fleming’s book is largely focused on an event from that second ...

For more than a century, scholars and researchers searched for a printed version of Haiti's Declaration of Independence. In December 1952, the Haitian intellectual Edmond Mangonès wrote to his country ...

Tomorrow will be the 250th anniversary of the “ shot heard ‘round the world ” that began the American Revolution. Next year, ...

ten days before he died on July 4 (the same day that John Adams died), Jefferson declined an invitation to be in Washington for the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He wrote ...

When Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, he included in it a list of the colonists’ grievances with the British government. Notably absent were any complaints about ...

The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, is around the corner. The annual holiday marks the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress adopting the Declaration of Independence on ...

It was part of the Declaration of Independence. A Texas newspaper ... "The removal of the post was an automated action," wrote Casey Stinnett, the Vindicator's managing editor.

Congress refrained from publishing the Declaration of Independence with a list of the signers until six months later when America won its first great victory in the war. Wrote New Jersey delegate ...

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.