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

It's been 250 years since the writing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how you can mark the occasion.

Thomas Jefferson deleted key passages in the Declaration of Independence that historian Holly Brewer says reveal as much as ...

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, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...

The audience of the Declaration of Independence was not King George III, it was the American people.

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It established a foundation for American government based on natural ...