What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered ...

July 4th: How long it took to preserve the Declaration of Independence

July 4th wasn’t the day Continental Congress members decided to declare independence; they did that on July 2, 1776. It ...
The New Yorker

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...

Library of Congress puts first draft of the Declaration of Independence on display for America 250

A brand-new Library of Congress exhibit gives you a look at the first draft of the Declaration of Independence ahead of ...

Who Owns the Declaration of Independence?

The founding document has been fought over since it was written. Today, we can let Trump claim it, or we can take up its ...

Declaration of Independence: From draft to democracy

For generations, Americans have looked to the Declaration of Independence as a defining statement of the nation's core ...
The Heritage Foundation

Did You Know?

On June 11, 1776, the Second Continental Congress assigned five delegates to write the first draft of the Declaration of Independence. The Committee included Thomas Jefferson from Virginia, John Adams ...