How the Declaration of Independence Captured American Hearts and Minds

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

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

A new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration's first printed copies, tracking their reception in the Thirteen Colonies and overseas ...

The Spirit of the Declaration, Part 1

But if Jefferson and his colleagues on the Committee of Five avoided specifying what a national government should look like, ...
Tribune News Service on MSNOpinion

Commentary: 3 things we can learn from the Declaration of Independence

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