Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

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The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...

As the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence draws closer, a rededication of the gravesite of Thomas Heyward Jr. was held in Ridgeland, May 3, 2025. Heyward was one of South ...

Harford County is stepping back in time this weekend with events celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Bush Declaration — the nation’s first declaration in support of independence, signed in ...

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

Have you ever had someone bring world-changing history to life for you? I recently experienced this when David Fleming, author of “Who’s Your Founding Father,” organized a history tour that ...

Many years ago a reader, Wallace Hooper, wrote to the Chronicle publisher with this request: “To celebrate this and every July Fourth, print the entire text of the Declaration of Independence.” In ...

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As we are approaching the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, George L. Smith, III, M.D., reflects on the independence of physicians ...

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...