On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain.

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The Town of Wells, Maine, has uncovered an extraordinary local link to the nation’s founding.

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

The United States declared its independence from Great Britain 250 years ago, but the flashpoint of the Revolutionary War which led to the Declaration of Independence happened when British forces ...

Introduction -- The world in the Declaration of independence -- The Declaration of independence in the world -- A world of declarations -- Conclusion -- Declarations of independence, 1776-1993 -- ...

I worry that the many celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence will commemorate the historical moment but fail to appreciate the enduring meaning of the extraordinary ...

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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 ...

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The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...