The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.

“The Declaration’s Journey” opens with a dramatic juxtaposition: A Windsor chair owned by Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, faces the small, rusting steel bench on ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...

What Did Conservatives Conserve Before 1955? The Eternal Return of James Burnham It is common enough to say that the Declaration of Independence made America. Indeed, that is why we celebrate its ...

Census Numbers Paint a Misleading Picture of Poverty in America The Declaration of Independence teaches that America was founded as a meritocratic nation, a nation where people succeed based on merit, ...

Times readers can again expect to find a full-page transcription of the Declaration of Independence in the newspaper this Fourth of July. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, David W.

The Declaration of Independence confidently announces that America is now a separate nation from Britain and declares the new nation’s purpose, making it essential to our Founding. To understand and ...

As we near July Fourth, one fascinating story from American history will remain largely untold: how the Declaration of Independence — the document itself — was written, copied and stored. The whole ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...

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 ...