Let’s take a moment to remember the 58 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Five were captured by the British as traitors and then tortured and killed. Twelve had their homes ransacked and ...

Editor’s note: Jim McClure will read the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 4 at First Presbyterian Church, 225 E. Market St., York. This is part of the annual Daughters of the American ...

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

RIDGELAND — The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 is imbued with so much significance and gravitas in the American psyche that 250 years later it's easy to overlook how much personal ...

John Hancock will forever be known as the first of 56 delegates to sign the Declaration of Independence while Dr. Matthew Thornton of Londonderry has the distinction of being the last delegate to ...

Philadelphia. May 1776. Finally, the tide has turned. Independence is alive in Philadelphia. And John Adams is ready to ...

"This monograph upon the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was read before the Scotch-Irish Society of America at its meeting in Lexington, Virginia, on June 21, 1895, and is printed in vol. VII ...

A national event commemorating a lesser-known but pivotal date in American history will take place at Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial on South Bass Island in August 2026. The Lake ...