Jefferson and Adams ensured that the Declaration captured the hearts of Americans with different religious sensibilities.

This year, Independence Day coincided with another historic birthday: Quincy’s. It has been 400 years since English colonists ...

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

As the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence loomed, Congress passed a bill that steals from the poor, hungry and sick to reward the wealthy, enslave generations to unsustainable debt ...

Here are five things to know about July Fourth, including the origin of the holiday and how fireworks became part of the ...

It's crucial today to acknowledge that for 249 years thousands of Americans have fought to protect the ideas of the American ...

Over time, the Fourth of July became etched in public memory as the date of independence, largely because it was the day Americans first saw the finished document. It became symbolic, representing the ...

On Independence Day, we took an enlightening tour. And it shone a light on Trump’s America, whose people are at one another’s ...

At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.

I called my brother, Kevin, to ask if he would spend Independence Day with Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and me.Monticello has a new tour focusing ...

America is nearing the 250th anniversary of its revolutionary birth, the Declaration of Independence. July 4, 2026, will mark ...

Most Americans, however, will associate America’s 250th with Philadelphia on Independence Day 2026. Though unfair to all the ...