Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it.

Noting the limits of papal authority, they crafted our tradition of religious liberty.

"We can acknowledge both the positive and negative aspects of our national history, while celebrating America’s ongoing ...

May 4th hosts a myriad of historic events, from the birth of the Royal Canadian Navy to Latvia's declaration of independence.

poor record keeping during the first 50 years of Haiti's independence makes this era of the nation's history difficult to reconstruct. The eight-page pamphlet contained three parts. The first is an ...

The Declaration of Independence proclaimed a vision of broad human and political equality that was unique in the world in its ...

Benjamin Franklin was, as the children say these days, built different.

Donald Trump recently announced the “God Bless the USA Bible,” which puts the Old and New testaments inside the same binding as the U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the ...

Written by the earls and barons of Scotland and sent to the Pope, the declaration is the first eloquent statement of Scotland's independence and support for the king, Robert the Bruce. Ms Rosemary ...

The decision was taken at dawn today after an all-night session. A "Declaration of Jewish Independence" read by Zalman Rubashov at the final session stated in part: "After 27 years of foreign and ...

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands ...