click image for close-up John Trumbull's life-size painting of the First Continental Congress, assembled to sign the Declaration of Independence, was copied from a miniature (21.2 x 31.2 inches ...

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While the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the United States' rebellious ...

The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787) were both signed in this building in Philadelphia. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth ...

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.

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 ...

Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it.