On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named the Declaration of Independence, and it outlines how the then-13 ...

Revolutionary leaders in Mecklenburg County were allegedly the first to declare independence from Britain in May 1775 -- a ...

Donald Trump's explanation of the Declaration of Independence prompted a reaction from ABC News' Terry Moran during their ...

There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

One Man’s Epic Quest to Uncover the First, True Declaration of Independence.” He joins WFAE’s Marshall Terry to talk more ...

Congress refrained from publishing the Declaration of Independence with a list of the signers until six months later when America won its first great victory in the war. Wrote New Jersey delegate ...

A Colonial Williamsburg reenactor explores how Thomas Jefferson reconciled writing about liberty while owning slaves, ...

One Man’s Epic Quest To Uncover The First, True Declaration of Independence, has the advantage of covering both of those angles. Fleming’s book is largely focused on an event from that second ...

Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, historians list as many as 9 as “farmers”. The National Archives, however, lists only one with that occupation – John Morton of ...

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.