The New York Public Library’s main branch in Bryant Park is currently holding a limited-time viewing of the Declaration of Independence, hand-written by Thomas Jefferson, to celebrate the 4th of July.

A rare, historic copy of the declaration, accompanied by Cavman and cupcakes, was part of the UVA250 series celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary.

The Karsh Institute of Democracy featured a display of one of the University’s original copies of the Declaration of Independence at an event Monday.

About two thousand people waited in line at the University of Virginia Monday to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday by ...

This video looks at what the Declaration of Independence conspicuously avoids, then walks through the slavery passage Jefferson originally wrote and why Congress cut it. Along the way, it challenges ...

The University of Virginia will begin its celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday by sharing an original copy of the Declaration of Independence – a document found in an Albany, New York attic in ...

The University actually has two of the valuable copies. One will move – under guard – to the Rotunda so more people can see and appreciate it.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Clay Jenkinson, American humanities scholar, ...

On the day that the Continental Congress approved its resolution for independence for the American colonies, July 2, 1776, John Adams wrote Patrick Henry, “The decree is gone forth, and it cannot be ...

Joseph Postell is associate professor of politics at Hillsdale College and a visiting fellow in the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He is the author of the ...

Thomas Jefferson’s statue was recently removed from New York’s City Hall. The city’s Public Design Commission voted 8-0 to remove the statue from the City Council Chamber where it has stood since 1915 ...