One sparks a revolution, while the other structures a nation. Do you know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution? Packed with history and visionary ideas (and even ...

A rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence has been found in the U.K.'s National Archive by a volunteer. Known as an "Exeter Declaration," the copy is one of 11 of its kind known to still ...

Teachers spend their careers drilling facts about the Declaration of Independence into schoolchildren’s heads. We learn about the Founding Fathers and the Revolutionary War and taxation without ...

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances against King George ...

LONDON — A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence lost for 250 years has been discovered in London, where it is the only known example of its kind outside the U.S. Subscribe to read this story ...

The United States is celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2026. It’s a major milestone for a country that was born in revolution against a king and comes at a moment when a protest movement against ...

LONDON — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain’s National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future ...

A volunteer cataloging naval letters came across a copy of the document, printed 250 years ago in New Hampshire. “It was a thrilling find,” he said. By Isabella Kwai Isabella Kwai reported from the ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and independent states.” This Declaration of Independence, read to crowds ...

National security, unlocked. Each Thursday, host Mary Louise Kelly and a team of NPR correspondents discuss the biggest national security news of the week. With decades of reporting from battlefields ...

As Baltimore’s postmaster and printer to the Continental Congress, Mary Katharine Goddard produced the first official copy of the Declaration of Independence to include the signers’ names—and added ...

The Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the date which is now known as Independence Day in the US. Just over a month later, Irish and Irish ...