When envisioning its major exhibition marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026, the Museum of the American Revolution sought out objects that represent the document ...

The Declaration of Independence, along with the preamble ... treasure and that the Constitution is the way we preserve and display it. The Declaration gives the Constitution purpose.

Organizers said commemorations will look to strike the balance between celebrating the nation’s founding ideals while ...

There’s no need to pull a Nicolas Cage this time. A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence will hit the auction block on January 24 at Sotheby’s. Known as the Essex Broadside ...

There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

A lawmaker in Kentucky has introduced legislation that would allow teachers to bring the Ten Commandments into public schools ...

The display of pyrotechnics has been a big ... voted in favor of the resolution for independence, though the Declaration of Independence wasn’t formally adopted until two days later.

A bill filed by GOP Rep. Michael Hale would allow the Ten Commandments and other texts to be displayed in public schools.

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely original. In addition to borrowing from his own writing, Jefferson relied on other declarations and pamphlets of the time ...

Archivists will put on exhibit the 19th Amendment, which cemented the right to vote for women, in March 2026 alongside the ...