Rare copy of Declaration of Independence seized in 1776 uncovered in London

Listed simply as “another paper” in the Royal Navy inventory, the Declaration remained buried in British archives for 250 ...

Rare 1776 copy of US Declaration of Independence discovered in London after 250 years

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence, believed to have been lost for more than 250 years, has been discovered at ...

What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

Governing principles came in 1789 with the U.S. Constitution, which did not mention God. In 1791, states then ratified the ...

Op-Ed: The legacy of the Declaration of Independence

This is the final essay in a series on the Declaration of Independence, in recognition of its 250th anniversary. Most of the ...
Opinion

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

(THE CONVERSATION) The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances ...
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Universal Declaration of Human Right an example of human spirit

Monday marks the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Initially, the world took little notice of the document’s proclamation in Paris in 1948 at the third ...