Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Declaration of Independence painting by John Trumbull, as used in PBS's "The American Revolution." Study of government in ...

Are you gearing up for next summer’s semiquincentennial — the 250th anniversary — of our nation’s birth? You should be. So, too, especially, should teachers and students during the new school year ...

A new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration's first printed copies, tracking their reception in the Thirteen Colonies and overseas ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study of government in America and her states begins with visiting our founding documents. That is where we shall initiate this ...

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this. Few people know that the First ...