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It is right and just for America to make a big deal about our 250th birthday. On July 4th, 1776 by the unanimous voice vote ...

Organizers said commemorations will look to strike the balance between celebrating the nation’s founding ideals while ...

Trump’s plan is nothing less than a second Declaration of Independence for the American worker, employer and parent who have had enough of seeing their interests come a distant second to the ...

There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will auction off a rare piece of American history: a 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence. Scheduled to hit the block in a ...

Like the American Declaration of Independence, which is partially based on it, it is seen by many as the founding document of the Scottish nation. It was drafted on the 6th April 1320 - a day the ...

“This rare printing of the Declaration of Independence is a cornerstone of American history, offering a glimpse into the transformative moment when the United States declared its independence ...