Historians say the inclusion of the word “god” in the Declaration is symbolic, not meant to be a religious endorsement.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a stinging rebuke of the Trump administration in a speech marking America's ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani argued a true celebration of patriotism should confront both the nation’s ideals and its ...

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The Founding Fathers declared independence from despotism 250 years ago. Today we’re fighting against similar abuses of power from a wannabe king. Delegates from across the original 13 colonies signed ...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary ...

I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.” Isaacson is an influential public scholar and ...

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The New York Historical thinks it has identified the anonymous printer behind a rare broadside printing of the Declaration made soon after July 4, 1776. By Jennifer Schuessler Before the Declaration ...

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely "proclaimed." Couriers carried the printed version by ...