Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some states teach from primary sources so students develop background knowledge and the ability to advance evidence-based ...

The old adage “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” also doubles as the ultimate collector’s fantasy. Every garage sale, thrift store or dollar bin is an opportunity to find a diamond in the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s ...

A July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence is on offer at Sotheby’s, where it is estimated at $2 to $4 million. It comes to auction less than four years after it sold at Christie’s for ...

Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they looked, with flowing loops and flourishes. "I'm looking at how pretty it ...

There is confidence in the Declaration of Independence and the arguments made by the patriots in the years leading up to 1776. Leading loyalists or new Whigs warned of dreadful consequences that would ...

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical location, usually associated with where one grew up. It extends from ...

BOSTON — After surveying the narrow wooden bridge at which American colonists first turned protest into armed uprising, Terry Howell said he was astonished by the scene where the historic battle of ...

Soon, another Fourth of July will be upon us. What do we celebrate on the Fourth of July? Of course, it’s America’s birthday---dating back to 1776. That’s when 56 men agreed by voice vote for the ...