Tag: Declaration of Independence
After 1776, the founders designed a government that accounts for ‘a...
Donovan Fifield, University of South Carolina
The parades, reenactments and fireworks are over. And in the aftermath of Americans’...
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson disagreed about the American Revolution’s meaning...
Marianne Holdzkom, Kennesaw State University
Like Americans today, the people living in the United States in 1826 were preparing...
What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say...
Thomas Tweed, University of Notre Dame
On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the...
1776’s Declaration of Independence inspired Washington’s troops to fight against the...
Christopher Magra, University of Tennessee
A crowd gathered along the waterfront in New York City in the summer of...
What is the American Dream, and has it become harder to...
Mark Robert Rank, Washington University in St. Louis
Few ideas are as central to the nation’s identity as that...
Supreme Court’s decision on birthright citizenship will depend on its interpretation...
Morgan Marietta, University of Tennessee
The Supreme Court on Dec. 5, 2025, agreed to review the long-simmering controversy over...
Along with the ideals it expresses, the Declaration of Independence mourns...
Maurizio Valsania, Università di Torino
Right around the Fourth of July, Americans pay renewed attention to the country’s crucial...
5 facts about John Witherspoon, a slaveholder and the only university...
Joseph Yannielli, Aston University
Since 2001, a bronze statue of the Rev. John Witherspoon has loomed over a busy...
EXPLORING NATURE
How did it feel to be an American colonist in 1776?...
Katherine Ott, Smithsonian Institution
Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys,...
