Footage of President Trump being asked what the Declaration of Independence means to him has gone viral on social media, ...

The official document was finalized on July 4th. It took the delegates two days to draft, edit and approve the Declaration of Independence. The final version was sent to printer John Dunlap on ...

Learn about this seminal chapter in American history as you navigate the complexities of ratification, the key players in American history, and the journey to bring the Declaration of Independence ...

The document? A handwritten copy of an original draft of the Declaration of Independence, written in remarkably neat, decisive and legible cursive in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson. It read, in part ...

It also appointed a five-member committee to draft a document explaining the reasons for declaring independence should Congress so decide. The declaration committee—John Adams of Massachusetts ...

He also hung a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office, complete with blue curtains on both sides. When Moran asked Trump what the document meant to him, the president ...