On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named the Declaration of Independence, and it outlines how the then-13 ...

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.

The American Revolution is one of the world’s greatest stories and a fulcrum moment in human history, overturning the iron ...

A few words in the Declaration of Independence, describing Indigenous people as "savages," did lasting damage, professor ...

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

The Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary in 2026 is certain to be a time of national reflection. Americans tend to look to the Constitution to assess whether the nation is living up to its ...

On July 4, 1776, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the United States of America was born. The Second Continental Congress officially approved the Declaration of Independence, which declared ...

See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which ...

How many times have we heard those words? In 2007, The Washington Post published an article by Gene Weingarten called “Pearls Before Breakfast.” In it, he chronicles an experiment by the newspaper, in ...

A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of 1776. The scene they witnessed was terrifying. The largest expeditionary force in British history sailed into the American ...

As the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary approaches, U.S. educators are working to make its ideals resonate with students while facing political polarization and scrutiny. Many teachers ...