It is known as the “Fair Copy” of the Declaration of Independence — a rare, early, unedited version of the nation’s founding document, drafted in Jefferson’s eloquent hand, and containing a ...

They stood together in defiance of King George III. They're together still, buried below a monument honoring their courage.

The National Archives are touring several documents, including one of just a few original copies of the Declaration of ...

More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — are famous. But the woman whose name also appears on the document, or at ...

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 ...

Leaders of South Carolina’s three branches of government commemorated a non-partisan event — the 250th year of the ...

The eyes lack any clear expression, though they aren’t vacant. Staring down from the upper windows of a substantial brick house at the corner of Market and Seventh streets, in the historic district ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Lone Star State declared its independence from Mexico weeks before the final battle of the Texas Revolution. Here's why ...