History has a funny way of showing up right on time. Just days before the Fourth of July, Virginia residents will have a rare chance to see an original document created as the American Revolution was ...

Recently discovered documents reveal a back-channel attempt by a leader of the Continental Congress to make peace. (He did ...

By altering history to make the ruling party look great, leaders can more easily justify their current actions in ways that ...

As the US celebrates 250 years, the Declaration of Independence has been curiously absent. Yet its language on the consent of the governed is more relevant than ever ...

One of the nation’s establishing documents calls Indigenous people “merciless Indian savages.” Today, many say the phrase has ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and ...

This year, as the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, The Providence Journal is taking a look at how everyday life played out in Rhode Island in 1776 against a backdrop of extraordinary, ...

The Freedom Truck mobile museum program, rolling nationwide through December, amounts to six semi-trucks of Semiquincentennial pride.

On July 4, America celebrates its 250th anniversary, a momentous occasion marked by patriotic celebrations across the country ...

The government published its digital strategy in January this year, promising to transform the operations of the state. What ...

Visitors with tickets can view the manuscript which is handwritten by Thomas Jefferson.

Iconic behavior, no?