As a people, we feel lost. Our political life is full of division and animosity. Our society struggles to find its sense of ...

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.

That Abraham Lincoln, our most American of presidents, "never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the ...

In the colonial era, such a concept of civic friendship and equality was inherent in the practice of local representation.

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 ...

America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, and every one of us should be proud. I love this country. America has been very good to me. I am directly descended from the brother of Philip Livingston, ...

They launched a bold experiment to create a new nation where the government answered to the people, not the other way around. The experiment was built on a few core principles — human dignity, the ...

Introduction -- The world in the Declaration of independence -- The Declaration of independence in the world -- A world of declarations -- Conclusion -- Declarations of independence, 1776-1993 -- ...

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