Article submitted by Beverly Foster, president of the Walker County African American Historical and Alumni Association Inc.

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

As America turns 250, we trace the triumphs, contradictions and arguments that shaped the world’s first liberal republic And ...

The Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary in 2026 is certain to be a time of national reflection. Americans tend to look to the Constitution to assess whether the nation is living up to its ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - This week in history— Did you know there was a declaration written before the Declaration of Independence? And it was written by Thomas Jefferson. Written by Thomas ...

A homework assignment in a public high school located in Gorham, Maine, featured students being instructed to write an assignment for a "Declaration of Independence" where options like "parents" and ...

June 19, also referred to as “Juneteenth” or Freedom Day, marks the day in 1865 that Union soldiers finally read the Emancipation Proclamation to enslaved African Americans in geographically isolated ...

In between today's cookouts, pool parties and fireworks, it's important to remember Philadelphia's role in the birth of America. In the late 18th century, the city hosted the First and Second ...

Bowling Green kicked of its celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America with a history lesson and ...

The Declaration of Independence, the most consequential and perhaps most heroic challenge to authority in human annals, reached the ear of King George III in London on this day in history, August 10, ...