Opinion

The United States at 250: The Declaration of Independence | Opinion

The United States marks 250 years of independence this July 4. Read our Declaration of Independence.
CBS News

Teaching the Declaration of Independence with hashtags 250 years later

Jessica Culver teaches her students to understand history with hashtags. It is one of the innovative ways the social studies teacher engages her classes of 11th and 12th grade students in rural Ozarks ...

7 Common Misconceptions About the Fourth of July

From secret messages to the Liberty Bell, some of what you might believe about July 4, 1776 and the Declaration of Independence may be entirely incorrect.
Yahoo

12 Interesting Facts About the Declaration of Independence That You Never Knew

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. artisteer/Getty Images Five men in historical attire discuss documents at a round table, with bookshelves and a fireplace in the ...
The New York Times

They’re Some of the Most Famous Words Ever Written. Have You Ever Really Read Them?

A.O. Scott is a Times critic who writes about literature and ideas. “The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem,” Walt Whitman wrote, but the nation was conceived in prose. Other ...

The real story behind the 4th of July and why we celebrate it

Think you know your 4th of July history? You're about to find out.
The Conversation

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

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 ...