On Independence Day, we present the Declaration of Independence. 2025 marks 249 years since the United States’ founding document was adopted by the delegates to the Second Continental Congress in ...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary ...

Read the Declaration of Independence, the historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson and signed by 56 delegates.

On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...

In this week's PEOPLE, Jensen Ackles opens up about his "quiet" life in Connecticut with his wife Danneel and their three ...

The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, ...

And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the ...

Israel confronted Iran, the longtime sponsor of proxy terror, to defend itself from an existential threat. While intentional ...

Two of the Declaration’s signers died 50 years to the day (July 4, 1826) after the document was adopted. Both were presidents -- Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. They died within hours of each other.

July 4, 1776 – the 2nd Continental Congress approved the final draft of the Declaration of Independence , as a burgeoning ...