Philly will resume July 4th concert and fireworks after Parkway evacuation due to storms

What you should knowPhiladelphia is proceeding with its plan for a seven-hour July Fourth concert on the Parkway to mark the nation's 250th birthday, despite extreme heat that has canceled or ...
CBS News

"Vanishingly rare" copy of Declaration of Independence found in U.K. by volunteer

A rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence has been found in the U.K.'s National Archive by a volunteer. Known as an "Exeter Declaration," the copy is one of 11 of its kind known to still ...
The Conversation

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances against King George ...
CNN

The Declaration of Independence: Annotated 250 years later — during the Trump era

The United States is celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2026. It’s a major milestone for a country that was born in revolution against a king and comes at a moment when a protest movement against ...
The New York Times

Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London

A volunteer cataloging naval letters came across a copy of the document, printed 250 years ago in New Hampshire. “It was a thrilling find,” he said. By Isabella Kwai Isabella Kwai reported from the ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

As America turns 250, how the Declaration of Independence endures

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and independent states.” This Declaration of Independence, read to crowds ...
The Washington Post

Why the nation’s founding document is marred by stains, a mysterious handprint

Every year, a million people wander through the temple-like rotunda of the National Archives and peer through a thick glass case to glimpse the document upon which this country was founded. They are ...
Mediaite

Trump Quips He’s ‘Very Disappointed’ He Wasn’t Mentioned in Declaration of Independence Alongside God

President Donald Trump said he’s “very disappointed” that he wasn’t mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, even as “our founders invoked the Creator four times,” during a Friday speech at the ...
Entertainment Weekly

Larry David turns the Declaration of Independence into a list of petty grievances in new miniseries premiere

Larry David is inserting himself into iconic American moments in his new miniseries, Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness. In the first episode, he plays a Founding Father who writes the first ...
WVXU

Where to hear readings of the Declaration of Independence in Cincinnati

A 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence is displayed at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia on June 17, 2019. As the nation commemorates its 250th anniversary, ...
The Washington Post

How Poland’s fate drove the Declaration

David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein professor of history at Harvard University. Among his books to date is “The Declaration of Independence: A Global History.” His edition of the “Outlines of a ...