Why the Declaration contains the 'most important' sentence in history

As the USA celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a leading historian talks about why it ...
Fast Company

6 surprising facts about the Declaration of Independence

Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains. His 2021 book Liberty ...
FOX31 Denver

Facts about the Declaration of Independence you may not know

(KTAL/KMSS) – As schoolchildren, Americans are taught about a fateful day in July when 56 people approved the Declaration of Independence and used cursive to initiate the escape from the reign of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

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 ...

Charlotte honors revolutionary-era history with Meck Dec Day ceremony

Charlotte is celebrating a defining and debated moment in local history on Wednesday as Meck Dec Day returns to Uptown. The ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

July 4th history: Some 'facts' we get wrong about Independence Day

Americans are about to celebrate the fight for independence from Great Britain, and few events in the history of the United States are as deeply ingrained in our culture as the Fourth of July.

Want to learn more about the Declaration? Here's a reading list

Here is a reading list of books about the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution as both mark 250 years.