Lie? George is famous for his confession to his father, “I cannot tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet,” referring to the ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 248 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named the Declaration of Independence, and it outlines how the then-13 ...

The United States' Declaration of Independence from England is basically just a litany of accusations against the king. There was never a proper trial, with lawyers representing the king to give ...

On Thursday, July 4, the United States will celebrate its independence ... it really celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the formal announcement of the separation of the ...

Tourists look up at John Trumbull's painting of the Founding Fathers inside the Rotunda of the United States Capitol. Commissioned in 1817, the painting is titled "The Declaration of Independence ...

Let’s start by considering what the U.S. Declaration of Independence was for. As the historian David Armitage has argued, its main purpose was to get the United States recognized as a sovereign ...