In the end we must live independent or die. Independence or death... let these sacred words unite us and be the signal of battle and of our reunion. Citizens, my countrymen, on this solemn day I have ...

click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document ... far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was ...

It uniquely reprints some important literary works and political documents by presenting their evolution from the first original draft to the final text. American Declaration of Independence In ...

The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Constitution of the United States (1787) were both signed in this building in Philadelphia. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth ...

Israel's Declaration of Independence brings to life the debates and decisions ... to independence and composed what became modern Israel's most important political text. The stakes began with war, ...

One of five surviving recorded copies of a subsequent edition of The Declaration of Independence will lead ... first printing ...

In the end we must live independent or die. Independence or death... let these sacred words unite us and be the signal of battle and of our reunion. Citizens, my countrymen, on this solemn day I have ...

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely original. In addition to borrowing from his own writing, Jefferson relied on other declarations and pamphlets of the time ...

Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it.

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.