The Heritage Foundation

Declaration of Independence

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 ...
PBS

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured U.S. privateer ship

LONDON (AP) — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain's National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future ...
Mother Jones

America Is 250 Years Old. Have You Ever Read the Declaration of Independence?

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On a glorious morning walk about a week before America’s 250th birthday, I was ...
al.com

Rare 1776 copy of Declaration of Independence recovered in U.K.: ‘An extraordinary discovery’

As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, a volunteer discovered a rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence in the U.K.’s National Archive. The “Exeter Declaration,” one of 11 of its kind ...
The New York Times

Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London

A volunteer cataloging naval letters came across a copy of the document, printed 250 years ago in New Hampshire. “It was a thrilling find,” he said. By Isabella Kwai Isabella Kwai reported from the ...
Aclu.org

The Declaration of Independence Details “Repeated Injuries” Inflicted by British Monarchy, Trump Has Executed a Similar Playbook

The Founding Fathers declared independence from despotism 250 years ago. Today we’re fighting against similar abuses of power from a wannabe king. Delegates from across the original 13 colonies signed ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

As America turns 250, how the Declaration of Independence endures

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and independent states.” This Declaration of Independence, read to crowds ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Declarations of Independence — Physicians and the U.S. Body Politic, 1776–2026

Five of the 56 signatories of the American Declaration of Independence were doctors, a high-water mark in the history of medical representation in American political leadership. This is the third in a ...
The Washington Post

How Poland’s fate drove the Declaration

David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein professor of history at Harvard University. Among his books to date is “The Declaration of Independence: A Global History.” His edition of the “Outlines of a ...
The Conversation

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances against King George ...
Deadline.com

‘Declarations: Black Americans & The Revolutionary War’ Doc Filmmakers On Using GenAI To “Give Our Historical Subjects Agency”

With the United States’ 250th birthday, the documentary filmmakers of Declarations: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War turned to modern technology to reclaim history. Director Stacey Holman and ...