Today, we celebrate the towering life and legacy of Benjamin Franklin—printer and philosopher, inventor and diplomat, public servant and patriot, and one ...

On January 14, 1784, the Second Continental Congress ratified the decisive Treaty of Paris—the binding accord that ended the Revolutionary War, secured ...

Most people are taught that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence alone. The real story is more ...

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Author Walter Isaacson is drawn to minds that bend the world. He writes about men who catch lightning, who bottle reason, who turn math into light and light into money. He likes people whose thoughts ...

Almost every American can recite the first lines of the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator ...

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Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. On May 14, 1776, after eight days traveling across Virginia, Maryland and ...

The weekend's nationwide "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump, his policies, and administration inspired The Daily Show host Jon Stewart to consult the Declaration of Independence to ...

Filmed across Mercer County at locations connected to John Hart a new documentary explaining the history of Hart has been released. Photos courtesy of Pollen Productions Looking out the same window ...

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