It still continues because the flame of liberty and independence still burns in the heart of every American patriot.” With that in mind, it’s worth looking at the Declaration of Independence, signed ...

Fifty-six men risked their lives to sign the Declaration of Independence – not on July 4 but on August 2, 1776. The only two ...

It’s August 2, 1776, the day most delegates to the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence that was ...

The new exhibition, which shows how the document was edited, also features an early copy of the Gettysburg Address ...

Much of the hoopla surrounding the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations this summer might be over, but a monumental event ...

United States’ Declaration of Independence, often considered to be the birth of America. While July 4 has been considered America’s birthday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Declaration of Independence (Getty Images) The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto ...

On Aug. 2, 1776, the Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, was signed by members of the Continental Congress.

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...

July 4 is a red- white- and blue-letter day to recall the Declaration of Independence. Who better to give insights about it than Archbishop Fulton Sheen? As perceptive and prophetic as ever of what ...

The parchment -- auctioned off Thursday in Philadelphia -- was actually just one of only a few dozen known remaining copies of the Declaration printed by master engraver William Stone.