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The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, but most signatures weren't affixed until August 2. Founding Fathers Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th ...

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[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

Fronting this display is Magna Carta, represented by an eighteenth-century engraved facsimile of the 1215 document preserved ...

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Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

OpEd: On Friday at 10 a.m., members of Gathering for Democracy will deliver a petition to Rep. Barr’s office, asking him to defend democracy.

Roughly 500 people signed a replica Declaration at Lexington’s No Kings Rally. Organizers cited modern threats to civil rights as echoing 1776 grievances. Gathering for Democracy will continue ...

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...