As America approaches its 250th birthday, the bestselling biographer and historian reflects on the message of the Declaration ...

Walter Isaacson, the former media executive who has written a shelfful of magisterial biographies on Benjamin Franklin and ...

Author, journalist and Tulane University professor Isaacson sat with President Mike Fitts at an event to discuss his upcoming ...

As the Declaration of Independence approaches its 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson shifts his focus from inventors to the profound impact of a singular line that has shaped a nation and continues to ...

Walter Isaacson’s new book highlights the Declaration of Independence’s famous second sentence: “We hold these truths to be ...

Over the years, I have written a number of posts and articles on the American Revolution and the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.. Some have obvious continuing relevance to such issues as ...

On July 4, 1776, 56 men signed a document declaring 13 British colonies as one United States of America. By this charter, they formed a new country … one free from a distant king's rule. The ...

On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding, marked by the Continental Congress’ adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration has inspired ...

Next year, the United States is set to celebrate a major milestone: 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of ...

George Washington Crosses the Delaware. Famous Revolutionary War painting by Emanuel Leutze (1851). (NA) Over the years, I have written a number of posts on the American Revolution and the ideals of ...