The most powerful messages inspire belief for generations. We still remember “we hold these truths to be self-evident” and “the consent of the governed.” ...

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The document is one of only 11 known copies of the Exeter printing, made just days after the original was signed in 1776.

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As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary ... it is worth asking not simply what America has meant for Jews, but what ...

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EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France — G7 leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump have backed a joint declaration promising to boost military support to Ukraine and to strengthen sanctions against Russia.

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely "proclaimed." Couriers carried the printed version by ...