Amid the political and social upheaval of the 1960s, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew directly and self-consciously on the declaration. In his 1963 “ I Have a Dream” speech, King defined an ...

Students at Nipmuc Regional High School recently got a rare opportunity to view two handwritten copies of the Declaration of ...

The Founding Fathers were the first human beings to assert that people were citizens, and had the right to elect their government and hold it accountable to the people ...

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence and proclaims all men are created equal. Thomas Jefferson is tasked with writing a first draft of what will become the Declaration of ...

With America’s semiquincentennial approaching, history was a hot topic this year, along with naval strategy, fabulist noir and reflections on going home.

Alexander Hamilton’s treatise on executive power is one of the conservative legal movement’s favorite texts to quote—and ...

Advocates for each side will provide a different explanation for who falls under ‘the jurisdiction’ of the United States.

A creative mix of films, discussions, crafts and a star-spangled Fourth of July highlight Bethel’s plans for 2026.

For the next several months, some of the oldest religious texts in history will be on display in D.C. at the Museum of the Bible.

Both sides agree that to be granted birthright citizenship under the Constitution, a child must be born inside U.S. borders ...

There are countless stories of empathy, humanity and compassion that must be shared to offset the cold-hearted rhetoric of this administration.

The Constitution Center’s Jeffrey Rosen wrote songs about the moral philosophy behind the Founding Fathers’ signature phrase.