When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...

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 ...

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo. It ...

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal." On this Independence Day, we hear some words ...

[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 ...

Introduction -- The world in the Declaration of independence -- The Declaration of independence in the world -- A world of declarations -- Conclusion -- Declarations of independence, 1776-1993 -- ...

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