It encapsulates why Independence Day is so important and gives meaningful context into the complexity and deliberation. I suggest listening to it first and then reading the Declaration in full.

For the Founding Fathers, the pursuit of happiness meant the pursuit of long-term virtue, National Constitution Center ...

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Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...

President Donald Trump and Republican majorities in both Houses, began working to pass an agenda through Congress that will be sweeping in both its scope and impact.

most notably the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. It's unknown why or exactly when the Liberty Bell was damaged, though historians believe the first crack developed in the ...