With America’s 250th in sight, these books illuminate the true spirit of the Declaration of Independence

America’s 250th birthday promises to inflame controversies about the character of the country’s founding — and it key ...

Why the Declaration of Independence still matters | Opinion

Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...
WSET

Celebrate July 4th at Jefferson's Poplar Forest with family fun and colonial activities

BEDFORD COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — What better place to celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence than at Thomas Jefferson's retreat home? Poplar Forest is hosting its Independence Day ...
Washington Examiner

‘The sheet anchor of American republicanism’

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...
The Daily Signal

What Declaration of Independence Teaches Us About Our Rights, Duties as Americans

Richard M. Reinsch II is director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation and columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also a senior writer for Law & Liberty. If we ...
The Washington Post

How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...
Reason

The Declaration of Independence Promotes Individual Liberty More than Collective Self-Determination

The connection between individual liberty and the principles of the Declaration of Independence should be obvious. After all, the most famous passage in the Declaration states that all men have the ...
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Every Individual Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the day is also referred to as Independence Day). This day was when the Declaration ...
Reason

What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

[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 ...
The Atlantic

Whose Independence?

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 ...