“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 ...

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Judge Michael Warren says far too many citizens don’t have an understanding of our nation’s cornerstone principles that give ...

The Declaration is not only a reasoned account for a free people, it is also a source for their honor and glory in death and war. There is endless talk of “identity” in contemporary America. It is ...

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 ...

Historians and politics watchers continue to be confounded by the Founding Father. The installation of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 19th Amendment helps give visitors a more complete view of ...

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There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...

John Hancock will forever be known as the first of 56 delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence, but Dr. Matthew ...