The Spirit of the Declaration, Part 1

But if Jefferson and his colleagues on the Committee of Five avoided specifying what a national government should look like, ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

A new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration's first printed copies, tracking their reception in the Thirteen Colonies and overseas ...
Tennessean

From grievances to government. What the Declaration set in motion

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...
Tennessean

What the Declaration of Independence still teaches us | Opinion

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Statewide contest urges Massachusetts 8th-graders to perform Declaration of Independence creatively

STUDYING THEM, AND THEY COULD WIN A PRIZE. OUR TODD KAZAKIEWICHEPORTS. THIS IS ONE OF 25 MILLION COPIES OF THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ...

How the Declaration of Independence Captured American Hearts and Minds

That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of presidents, "never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the ...
The Baylor Lariat

SUB Bowl to hold live reading of Declaration of Independence Friday

Big names at Baylor, including President Dr. Linda Livingstone, Vice President for Student Life Dr. Sharra Hynes and head football coach Dave Aranda, will join at noon Friday in the SUB Bowl to ...
The ColumbianOpinion

Stevens: 3 things to learn from Declaration of Independence

We are a nation divided and adrift. Our Declaration of Independence can help us refocus on who we are and why we have a ...
Local News 8

A star-spangled celebration: Dignitaries read Declaration of Independence at local courthouse

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – Celebrations of the 250th Anniversary of America kicked off with a reading of the Declaration of Independence on February 13th in the Bonneville County Courthouse. “In the ...