The event began during COVID in video form and has progressed into an in-person reading at the North Andover Town Common.

The official declaration of America’s independence from Britain may be dated July 4, 1776, but the story of the Thomas Jefferson's hallowed document really begins two weeks later. On July 19, the ...

David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee. Happy 248th birthday to the United States of America! I read the Declaration of Independence in a video ...

It doesn't matter what the founders intended in the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. Byron Williams argues. It's all in writing.

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

NORTH ANDOVER —The Friends of the 1836 Meeting House will be hosting the 6th Annual Declaration of Independence Recitation Event. This family-friendly event will take place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Today is July 4, and we appropriately celebrate the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration is best known for its ringing affirmation of the rights to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

How many times have we heard those words? In 2007, The Washington Post published an article by Gene Weingarten called “Pearls Before Breakfast.” In it, he chronicles an experiment by the newspaper, in ...

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

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. It ...