Opinion: America's Founding Document July 04, 2025
There is endless talk of “identity” in contemporary America. It is defined by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, religion, culture, and even by generation. The one thing that seems to be absent is America itself. This cannot but weaken both ...
Opinion: The Declaration of Independence Made America Great July 04, 2025
The nation’s 250th anniversary is a chance to relearn our founding principles....
Check Out the Declaration’s List of Grievances July 04, 2025
It’s time to recapture our freedoms....
Opinion: Let’s Celebrate Americans’ Shared Ideals July 04, 2025
"For all our conflicts, the vast majority of Americans remain committed to the beautiful ideals proclaimed on that 4th of July in Philadelphia 249 years ago," Judge Bruce Peterson writes....
The Time America Almost Didn’t Declare Independence July 04, 2025
What the Olive Branch Petition suggests about the founders — and Americans today....
Have Americans Lost What Binds Them Together? July 04, 2025
For all the festivities around July 4, the nation’s founding document, the Declaration of Independence, actually depicts a wounded, fearful society, teetering on the brink of disaster. Sound familiar?...
America Has a Major Birthday Coming Up–What to Expect July 04, 2025
It's the nation's semiquincentennial! July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here's how the United States of America is planning to party....
The Many Declarations of Independence July 04, 2025
Think you know the Declaration of Independence? Historian Emily Sneff reveals the surprising history of America’s founding document—from its many versions and hidden stories to the evolving meanings behind its most famous words....
Window Into Forgotten Founding Fathers February 27, 2023
Another of the committee of five who were responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence (along with Jefferson, Franklin, John Adams, and Sherman) Robert Livingston never signed the document, being away from Philadelphia at the time of sign...
Flim-Flamming the Forest Primeval November 16, 2022
So wrote Thomas Jefferson in a 1787 letter.A century and a half later, 50 American women, self-fashioned patriots, chained themselves to cherry trees to prevent a tyranny that Jefferson would never have predicted: bulldozers dead-set on uprooting hun...
Preserving the American Dream September 29, 2022
The Declaration of Independence teaches that America was founded as a meritocratic nation, a nation where people succeed based on merit, individual talent, and hard work.How does the Declaration do this?Its assertion that “all men are created equal” ...
Down the Barrel of Slavecatcher's Gun September 28, 2022
For decades, slave catchers, as well as slaveholders and professional kidnappers had prowled the streets of the city, assaulting Black Americans by any means to enslave them. And while black and white Pennsylvania abolitionists, especially those livi...
How Britain Reacted to Receiving the Declaration August 09, 2022
Avoid Trifling Conversation“The Time is past.” Benjamin Franklin let the words sink in. In a moment he would complete the rest of the letter to his friend, Vice Admiral Lord Richard Howe, one of the King’s Commissioners for Restoring Peace. Perhaps s...
Thomas Jefferson's America Worth Celebrating July 04, 2022
Thomas Jefferson is perhaps our most polarizing founding father. No discussion of our nations’ founding can be had without bringing up the author of the Declaration of Independence. What's more, it seems no discussion of the author can pass without r...
10 Things You Might Not Know About Independence Day July 04, 2022
On July Fourth, Americans eat hot dogs and apple pie, watch fireworks, and go swimming.But what are we really celebrating?Standard answers to this question are that we are celebrating our independence or the signing of the Declaration of Independence...
Clause Cut From Declaration of Independence July 04, 2022
As a tribute to the great events that occurred 241 years ago, I wanted to recognize the importance of the unity of purpose behind supporting liberty in all of its forms. While an unequivocal statement of natural rights and the virtues of liberty, the...
Is It Just a Coincidence That 3 Presidents Died on July 4? July 04, 2022
It is a fact of American history that three of the five Founding Father Presidents died on the Independence Day anniversary. But was it just a coincidence?It is a fact of American history that three Founding Father Presidents—John Adams, Thomas Jeffe...
Right of Revolution in American Founding May 18, 2021
According to the American Declaration of Independence, people enter into political society for the sake of protecting their inalienable rights, which are otherwise insecure. The question then arises: what can the people do if the government betrays i...
Here's Deleted Part of Declaration of Indepenence July 03, 2020
As a tribute to the great events that occurred 241 years ago, I wanted to recognize the importance of the unity of purpose behind supporting liberty in all of its forms. While an unequivocal statement of natural rights and the virtues of liberty, the...
Fourth of July: Day of Death for 3 Presidents July 03, 2020
It is a fact of American history that three of the five Founding Father Presidents died on the Independence Day anniversary. But was it just a coincidence?It is a fact of American history that three Founding Father Presidents—John Adams, Thomas Jeffe...
Economics, Freedom, a World Gone Wrong July 01, 2020
No American must be reminded that the year 1776 was momentous. But few Americans realize just how momentous it was. That year witnessed the publication not only of Thomas Jefferson’s eloquent Declaration of Independence; it was also the year of Adam ...
1st Post-Civil War 4th of July Wasn't Anything Like Today July 01, 2020
This year’s July 4th celebrations will be muted due to the pandemic. No fireworks, parades, baseball games, or large gatherings. However, imagine the first Independence Day celebration after the end of the Civil War: July 4, 1865. How was that celeb...
America Should Recapture Wisdom of Jefferson and Smith June 30, 2020
No American must be reminded that the year 1776 was momentous. But few Americans realize just how momentous it was. That year witnessed the publication not only of Thomas Jefferson’s eloquent Declaration of Independence; it was also the year of Adam ...