On Wednesday evening, students were joined by Professors of Government Paul Franco and Andy Rudalevige in Moulton Union’s Main Lounge to talk about the lasting significance of the Declaration of ...

Eric Slauter notes that the Declaration’s stirring words are a testament to the power of ideas and to the efforts of ordinary Americans to press them into service for change. The Declaration of ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and independent states.” This Declaration of Independence, read to crowds ...

In his book, Inventing America, the liberal scholar Garry Wills argued that the Declaration owed much to previous Anglo-American history. This is correct. English parliamentary bills originated as ...

Every American schoolchild is taught that the Declaration of Independence was published on July 4, 1776, and that it proclaims that “all men are created equal” and that we are endowed by our “Creator” ...