A Croome & Brightly engraving shows John Nixon reading the Declaration of Independence after its passage in Philadelphia.
A July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence is on offer at Sotheby’s, where it is estimated at $2 to $4 million. It comes to auction less than four years after it sold at Christie’s for ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 248 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...
Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they looked, with flowing loops and flourishes. "I'm looking at how pretty it ...
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas visited the University of Texas at Austin on Thursday afternoon, speaking to ...
There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical location, usually associated with where one grew up. It extends from ...
Soon, another Fourth of July will be upon us. What do we celebrate on the Fourth of July? Of course, it’s America’s birthday---dating back to 1776. That’s when 56 men agreed by voice vote for the ...