In 1776, visions of liberty and justice were fraught with compromise, conflict and contradiction. Today, the founders’ words ...

Thomas Jefferson was tasked with drafting a wartime document declaring independence. How did it become one of history’s most enduring symbols?

In the 16th and 17th centuries, countries and territories such as the Netherlands and Portugal boldly declared their ...

We are fast approaching the quarter-millennial anniversary of the revolutionary document that announced the birth of the ...

The famous tale of young George Washington chopping down his father’s cherry tree and subsequent confession of “I cannot tell ...

As the United States celebrates 250 years of its Independence today, it is worth scrutinizing the Declaration of Independence ...

Perhaps the most famous example of a founding-era Black American wielding the words of the Declaration as a promise to be ...

After being elected as president, Washington stated that Article VI of the Constitution nullified any such religious ...

Today, Washington and Beijing clash over tariffs, Taiwan, and technology. Yet Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and other ...

Alternative facts have always been with us, and they've always been used to cover up uncomfortable truths. Here's some history you'll want to rewrite in your memory.

More than a century after Newfoundland and Labrador soldiers far from home in northern France lost their lives, their ...

Over 230 years ago, the U.S. Constitution became the "law of the land." But the path to get there wasn't easy — and the first ...