Opinion

The Declaration at 250. Why it still matters | Opinion

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, dissolved ties with Great Britain and established natural rights.
The Washington Post

Jefferson’s paradox: How one of the largest slaveholders penned the words “All men are created equal”

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. On May 14, 1776, after eight days traveling across Virginia, Maryland and ...
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How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery

Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary background: He knew that at the very moment Thomas Jefferson wrote a book called “Notes on the State of Virginia” that ridiculed ...
The Bulletin

Free exhibit in Norwich on global impact of Declaration of Independence

A traveling exhibit exploring the global impact of the Declaration of Independence opens Feb. 23 at Otis Library in Norwich. "Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy" will be on display in ...
The Economist

The Declaration of Independence still defines America’s purpose, writes Jon Meacham

IN THE BEGINNING, no one paid all that much attention to it—and, if they did, they were not particularly impressed. Now scriptural, the Declaration of Independence’s most famous sentence—“We hold ...
Tennessean

Why the Declaration of Independence still matters | Opinion

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 ...