One of 50 engraved copies of the Declaration of Independence and five founding documents will be on display in Kansas City at ...

An auction house in New York is marking the United States' 250th birthday by selling items that trace the nation’s history ...

A Louisville couple purchased and then donated the 1823 William Stone copy, and their son helped reintroduce it to the city on Wednesday.

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

Idaho is starting America’s 250th birthday celebrations early with a statewide tour featuring one of the earliest printings ...

Dr. Emily Sneff, an early American historian and leading expert on the Declaration of Independence will lead the lecture, “The Declaration of Independence 250 Years Later,” Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 1 p.m.

It was 249 years ago, in 1776, that 13 British colonies in North America declared their independence. In recent years many of the men who became known as the Founding Fathers have come under disrepute ...

Henry Greenberg, vice president of the New York County Lawyers Association and past president of the New York State Bar Association, describes the origins of judicial independence in New York, which ...

During public participation at the Jan. 15 Westfield City Council meeting, former City Solicitor Peter Martin read excerpts ...

As America turns 250, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is releasing several bobbleheads celebrating the country's milestone birthday.

EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...

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