In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that ...

The University of Illinois Chicago is marking the milestone 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of ...

As the nation gets ready to celebrate its 245th birthday, a printed copy of the Declaration of Independence has gone on the auction block and sold for $4.46 million. The document was one of 201 that ...

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain. Learn why it still matters.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, effective July 4, 1776. The document dissolved the ...

FSU's Institute for Governance and Civics is taking the community back in time with a reenactment of the Declaration of ...

Broadside printing of the document commenced hours after it was approved. Copies were read aloud in town squares.

In honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary this year, a traveling exhibition featuring several original documents from the ...

A new display of the nation's founding documents is coming to Haywood County soon.

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...

In the coming months, Americans will be invited to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday. The U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission aims to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence by ...