As is our annual tradition, the editorial board presents the Declaration of Independence in lieu of an editorial to mark the ...

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It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.

War is generally defined as a violent conflict between states or nations. It has shaped humanity's history, its social and ...

July Fourth is a reminder that the most patriotic act is not blind ceremony. Instead, it’s the resolve to resist tyranny.

Someone recently described the Declaration of Independence as the greatest breakup letter ever written. One could say that the audacious statement crafted by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin ...

In June of 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C. to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration of Indepenence, not to mention the Constitution that came 11 years later, did not come out of nothing. Over ...