On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...

Importance of religious freedom When the Quaker William Penn founded the Colony of Pennsylvania in 1681, he made it clear that liberty of conscience had to be a basic principle of the Colony.

The “big ugly bill” has now been signed into law. J. D. Vance, also known as “Mini-Me” cast the vote to break the tie, ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...

With the stroke of a pen, Gov. Josh Shapiro capped an age-old effort in the Pennsylvania General Assembly to end a ban on ...

In 1775, life went on normally for most though a revolution was coming. Columnist joe Holley says Americans today have a duty ...

War, even the American Revolution, is the health of the state because it is almost impossible to avoid fighting a war on ...

The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

Catch up here with Delaware Online/The News Journal as several reporters covered the final day in Delaware's Legislative Hall ...

For all the festivities around July 4, the nation’s founding document, the Declaration of Independence, actually depicts a ...

At first glance, Adams Township looks like many other suburban spots scattered around Western Pennsylvania, quiet streets, ...

Nearly a century and a half of self-government in the Massachusetts Bay Colony ended. The British Parliament effectively abrogated the colonial charter.