You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.

Editor's note: This is the third in a five-part series of essays on American history by Uyless Black.

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It established a foundation for American government based on natural ...

Acts of war and violence Hello Downriver, For 250 years we’ve celebrated the adoption of our Declaration of Independence on ...

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...