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Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

Although July 4 marks the approval of the Declaration’s final wording, most delegates did not sign it that day. The formal ...

I'm delighted to report that Michael Auslin, a Distinguished Research Fellow here at Hoover, will be guest-blogging this week ...

Despite the military disaster at Bladensburg, the Marines gave the men and women of the capital precious time to flee.

A historian explains how the Declaration of Independence continues to shape modern government and political thought.

A momentous new book from the Smithsonian celebrates the country’s semiquincentennial anniversary Barbara Clark Smith Signing of the Declaration of Independence (1818) is one of four monumental ...

This year marks the 250th anniversary of the nation’s independence. Justice Clarence Thomas, the senior-most member of the Supreme Court, sought to honor that historic milestone this week by ...

We are a nation divided and adrift. Our Declaration of Independence can help us refocus on who we are and why we have a ...

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 ...