Artist John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence. It can be seen in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed ...

In the popular mind, the American Revolution was mostly about liberty and the pursuit of happiness — and the war that followed the Declaration of Independence wasn’t much of a war. We imagine toy ...

Author Walter Isaacson is drawn to minds that bend the world. He writes about men who catch lightning, who bottle reason, who ...

President Biden cited the Declaration of Independence in his opening remarks at the Democracy Summit on Thursday but amended it to include women as he discussed the importance of American ideals.

In the broadcast reading of the Declaration of Independence we inadvertently dropped two words: establish commerce. We muse about what would be different if those words had not been in the document.

FILE - Robert Redford poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, File) As the world reflects on Robert Redford’s death, his ...

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of ...