New Jersey insurance executive George E. Norcross III has placed the winning bid on behalf of his family for a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence that was put up for auction this year to ...

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LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On a glorious morning walk about a week before America’s 250th birthday, I was ...

Revisiting Benson John Lossing’s account of the lives of these 56 extraordinary men. When 56 men pledged “our lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor” 250 years ago, none forfeited the first or last.

WIBC has voiced the historic Declaration of Independence document in full, honoring the 250th anniversary of its signing—from 1776 to 2026. On July 4, 1776, 56 men risked their fortunes, their ...

As the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday, it’s a good time to read (or re-read) the Declaration of Independence. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to declare ...

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 ...

Every year, a million people wander through the temple-like rotunda of the National Archives and peer through a thick glass case to glimpse the document upon which this country was founded. They are ...

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Five of the 56 signatories of the American Declaration of Independence were doctors, a high-water mark in the history of medical representation in American political leadership. This is the third in a ...