Over the years, I have written various posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the nation, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has announced two ...

This lesson features a tour of the Museum of the American Revolution's "The Declaration's Journey" exhibit in Philadelphia, which details the history and global impac ...

Download our Free App & Subscribe to our Newsletter for More NYC EventsDeets: The New York Public Library announced its plans ...

The Declaration of Independence is venerated for its poetic language and universalist prologue, with the soaring, “self-evident” truth that all men have the right to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of ...

Over the next year and a half, the Museum of Printing is celebrating the start of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) and the signing of the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) with a ...

This past June, at a No Kings rally outside a white clapboard church in a little brick town in the lower right-hand corner of Vermont, Green Mountaineers huddled together in raincoats under a ...

Before the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, exhibitions and events in many states offer a variety of voices and views. By John Hanc Reporting from Richmond, Va.

Once Americans declared that all people possess natural rights and that legitimate government rests on consent, women would ...

An estimated 6,800 Americans were killed in action, and 17,000 more combatants died from diseases like typhus, typhoid, dysentery, and influenza. The British suffered 24,000 casualties from the war, ...