A July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence is on offer at Sotheby’s, where it is estimated at $2 to $4 million. It comes to auction less than four years after it sold at Christie’s for ...

Tomorrow, another Fourth of July will be upon us. Why do we celebrate on July 4th? Of course, it’s America’s birthday, dating back to 1776. That’s when 56 men agreed by voice vote for the final ...

Printed in July 1776, the Essex Broadside is attributed to Robert Luist Fowle of Exeter. It’s one of just 13 contemporary broadsides to be issued that year, and one of just 10 remaining examples known ...

Some states teach from primary sources so students develop background knowledge and the ability to advance evidence-based arguments. (U.S. government/archives.gov) Some suggest that the United States ...

It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May of 1776, John Adams, an accomplished draftsman who penned the state Constitution of Massachusetts (still the world's oldest), ...

There is confidence in the Declaration of Independence and the arguments made by the patriots in the years leading up to 1776. Leading loyalists or new Whigs warned of dreadful consequences that would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they ...

As the United States marks its 249th birthday on July 4, Americans must reckon with the fact that President Donald Trump’s administration has largely abandoned the principles underpinning the ...