America’s 250th birthday promises to inflame controversies about the character of the country’s founding — and it key ...

Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...

Some states teach from primary sources so students develop background knowledge and the ability to advance evidence-based arguments. (U.S. government/archives.gov) Some suggest that the United States ...

As America turns 250, we trace the triumphs, contradictions and arguments that shaped the world’s first liberal republic And ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

It’s the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation’s grand semiquincentennial celebration next year, it is worth reengaging with the document whose ...

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...

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

Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they looked, with flowing loops and flourishes. "I'm looking at how pretty it ...