For the first time in their 32 years of marriage, college professors Richard De Prospo and Erin Murphy are celebrating the ...

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...

New York's Statue of Liberty is well known as a symbol of refuge for immigrants, but the statue's original design stood for ...

The declaration still stands today as a manifesto. There are its lofty, “self-evident” principles, of course: that “all men are created equal” and that they are “endowed by their Creator with certain ...

Joseph Warren was a key leader of the American Revolution, mobilizing troops and managing a circle of spies. But he's mainly ...

Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun. A demonstrator dressed like the Statue of ...

A reading of the Declaration of Independence will take place on Friday, July 4, 2025 at Historic Pohick Church in Lorton.

Crothersville Red, White and Blue Festival kicked off Thursday evening with some traditional events in this southeastern ...

SENATE President Chiz Escudero led the 127th Independence Day celebration at the Barasoain Church in Malolos City, Bulacan, even as Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo spearheaded the commemoration rites ...

ON Thursday, the Philippines will commemorate the 127th anniversary of the declaration of Philippine independence. More specifically, independence from Spain — freedom from that country's 333-year ...

Mortenson read from the Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, ...