The only known surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence printed south of Philadelphia is back in Charleston, where a ...

When it comes to marking the 250th anniversary of America, few places in the country are as well positioned as the Gilcrease ...

Governing principles came in 1789 with the U.S. Constitution, which did not mention God. In 1791, states then ratified the ...

It doesn't matter what the founders intended in the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. Byron Williams argues. It's all in writing.

Nashville, TN -- A rare 1823 "official" copy of the Declaration of Independence was sold at auction Thursday in North Carolina for $477,650 by the man who found it last year in a Nashville thrift ...

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

These rare early copies of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights will go under the hammer on June 26. Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will ...

July 4, 1776, is an important date in American history that is widely considered the birthday of the United States of America. But some people argue that Aug. 2 should actually be America's birthday, ...

May 20 is "Meck Dec Day," marking the date in 1775 when the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was said to have been announced — more than a year before the nation's official declaration on July ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...