Reason

The Declaration of Independence Promotes Individual Liberty More than Collective Self-Determination

The connection between individual liberty and the principles of the Declaration of Independence should be obvious. After all, the most famous passage in the Declaration states that all men have the ...
Yahoo

The Declaration of Independence: Read it, learn it, live it

The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...
Opinion

Why the Declaration of Independence still matters | Opinion

Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the Declaration of Independence.
Washington Examiner

‘The sheet anchor of American republicanism’

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...
The New York Times

A Patriotic Tribute, a Time-Honored Tradition

Times readers can again expect to find a full-page transcription of the Declaration of Independence in the newspaper this Fourth of July. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, David W.
Yahoo

For July 4: The Declaration of Independence

Created 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration ...
Reason

What the Declaration of Independence Said and Meant

[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 ...
NPR

Tell us your favorite line from the Declaration of Independence

The Fourth of July is approaching, and every year Morning Edition takes the holiday to reflect on the nation’s founding document — The Declaration of Independence. What comes to your mind when you ...
The Heritage Foundation

Declaring Independence

The Declaration of Independence confidently announces that America is now a separate nation from Britain and declares the new nation’s purpose, making it essential to our Founding. To understand and ...
The Washington Post

How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...
The Daily Signal

Why the Declaration of Independence Still Matters

Mark Guiney is the manager of video production in Digital Productions at The Heritage Foundation. He also produces and creates video for The Daily Signal. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, ...