Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain ...

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Let us now return to our nation’s founding ideals, and remember what first brought Americans together. The Declaration of ...

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

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Jefferson and Adams ensured that the Declaration captured the hearts of Americans with different religious sensibilities.

Two historic copies of the Declaration of Independence are on display temporarily inside the New Hampshire State House, where ...

When Thomas Jefferson was writing the Declaration of Independence in the weeks leading up July 4, 1776, he wanted to not only ...