America’s 250th birthday promises to inflame controversies about the character of the country’s founding — and it key ...

It was 249 years ago, in 1776, that 13 British colonies in North America declared their independence. In recent years many of the men who became known as the Founding Fathers have come under disrepute ...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

As America turns 250, we trace the triumphs, contradictions and arguments that shaped the world’s first liberal republic And ...

Some states teach from primary sources so students develop background knowledge and the ability to advance evidence-based arguments. (U.S. government/archives.gov) Some suggest that the United States ...