He was the committed Jew who wrote the Palestinian declaration of independence. That was never quite accurate — the University of Maryland professor of philosophy wrote an op-ed for a ...

Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it.

In his first version of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote a scathing indictment of King George for promoting slavery in the New World. The other delegates eventually removed ...

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.

Last of two parts First word I TURN next to another grave error that survived multiple presidential administrations and cries ...

OF the 56 men who signed the Declaration in the summer of 1776,* 4 were practitioners of medicine, although only 1 had a medical degree. Two, Josiah Bartlett and Matthew Thornton, were delegates ...

The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2 ... Ben Franklin, in particular, wrote scores of letters. But that ...

Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...

Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, historians list as many as 9 as “farmers”. The National Archives, however, lists only one with that occupation – John Morton of ...

One Man’s Epic Quest To Uncover The First, True Declaration of Independence, has the advantage of covering both of those angles. Fleming’s book is largely focused on an event from that second ...

The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787) were both signed in this building in Philadelphia. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth ...

The most often quoted line from the declaration, which was originally written in Latin, is a statement of Scottish independence. "For, as long as 100 of us remain alive, never will we on any ...