Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution traces the complex legacy, at home and abroad, of the Declaration of ...

Institutions around the country are preparing for the nation’s 250th anniversary, even in the face of political crosswinds.

For nearly 250 years, America promoted freedom and equality abroad, even when it failed to live up to those ideals itself.

As we get prepared to celebrate America 250, the semiquincentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, I write this as a citizen who is not a historian, but ...

A historic copy of the Declaration of Independence will be on display at the Museum of the American Revolution as part of a new exhibit the opens this fall. The poster-sized copy of the Declaration, ...

Trump unveiled plans for an ‘Independent Arch’ near Arlington Cemetery to mark America’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026.

The originalist fallacy that dominates the current Supreme Court—the pretense that it is possible to read the minds of the ...

In honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Naper Settlement is planning an attraction in which the story of American democracy will be weaved together with ...

N othing was ever quaint,” mused Ken Burns in a New York film studio last spring, as he made some last edits to his latest ...

A July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence is on offer at Sotheby’s, where it is estimated at $2 to $4 million. It comes to auction less than four years after it sold at Christie’s for ...

Some states teach from primary sources so students develop background knowledge and the ability to advance evidence-based arguments. (U.S. government/archives.gov) Some suggest that the United States ...