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

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

The audience of the Declaration of Independence was not King George III, it was the American people.

The Declaration of Independence, approved July 4, 1776, laid the groundwork for American government and rights.

It doesn't matter what the founders intended in the Declaration of Independence, the Rev. Byron Williams argues. It's all in ...

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

How the Founders’ redefinition of what it meant to be a free citizen echoed down the decades.

The Recorder is featuring a weekly series every Saturday over the next year on the founding of this nation leading up to the ...

In the colonial era, such a concept of civic friendship and equality was inherent in the practice of local representation.

In recent decades, the 1776 document's few references to God have been especially polarizing, as Americans defend starkly ...