The Declaration of Independence is up for sale, but it will cost more than most of us can afford. Despite this, the edition offered by Goldin Auction was originally printed and distributed so that ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they ...

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 ...

It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May of 1776, John Adams, an accomplished draftsman who penned the state Constitution of Massachusetts (still the world's oldest), ...

Henry Greenberg, vice president of the New York County Lawyers Association and past president of the New York State Bar Association, describes the origins of judicial independence in New York, which ...

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

The old adage “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” also doubles as the ultimate collector’s fantasy. Every garage sale, thrift store or dollar bin is an opportunity to find a diamond in the ...

A rare, surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence ended up at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. The historic document is receiving extra attention this year — and the next, America's 250th ...

July Fourth marked 249 years since the 13 American colonies rejected a British monarch and embraced freedom. But as we enter the first days of our 250th year on this Earth, it feels like we’re moving ...