The Declaration of Independence: Annotated 250 years later — during the Trump era

It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence still burns in the heart of every American patriot.” With ...

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

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the ...

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

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered ...
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Is this sentence in the Declaration of Independence really the greatest ever written?

I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.” Isaacson is an influential public scholar and ...

The Viking word hidden in the Declaration of American Independence

From Roman freedom to Viking happiness, the iconic words in the Declaration of Independence reveal thousands of years of ...
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Democrat leaders deny the Declaration's first right

This year Americans are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, which declared the ...
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As America turns 250, how the Declaration of Independence endures

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and ...
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World’s Most Important Writing Assignment: Declaration of Independence

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May ...
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How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...

Here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant 250 years later

The issues that most disturbed the Revolution’s leaders in 1776: a partisan judiciary, arbitrary power, officials not being responsible to their constituents.