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 ...
The Sun Chronicle

At 250, the Declaration of Independence stills sparks hard questions in class

Among longtime history teacher Karalee Wong Nakatsuka’s most prized possessions are two nearly identical T-shirts with very ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

‘Freedom Plane’ makes first tour stop in Kansas City to show off America’s founding documents

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, Kansas Citians can view some of the nation’s founding documents like Declaration of Independence and Treaty of Paris. Beginning Friday, the Freedom Plane ...
The Herald-Times

Original copy of the Declaration of Independence now on display at IU

Hoosiers don’t have to travel to Washington, D.C. or Philadelphia to see one of the most important artifacts of the American Revolution; starting this month, just one of just 26 surviving copies of ...
The Advocate

Livingston: Our Declaration gave us a better world — and it’s still improving

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, ...
NPR

What freedom means to NPR readers. And, the secret to a perfect July 4 pasta salad

Today commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in 1776. It proclaimed the separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain. In other words, Happy 249th ...
The Christian Science Monitor

America at 250: A declaration of ideals reset the world – and still resonates today

America celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, whose ideals resonated across the world, amid ...