What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

Governing principles came in 1789 with the U.S. Constitution, which did not mention God. In 1791, states then ratified the ...
The Washington Post

How the Declaration of Independence inspired the world despite Jefferson’s contradictions on slavery

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...
The Western Journal on MSN

The founders likely built the most famous phrase in the Declaration of Independence from a Christian sermon

The famous second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence likely drew its phrasing from a sermon delivered in the early 1700s. Tim and David Barton, the president and founder of Wallbuilders, ...

See the Declaration of Independence and other historical documents at NYC exhibit

A new exhibition in Lower Manhattan is offering visitors a chance to stand face-to-face with the documents that shaped the ...
Tennessean

From grievances to government. What the Declaration set in motion

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...
Townhall

The Declaration of Independence: A Framework for Limited Government

They launched a bold experiment to create a new nation where the government answered to the people, not the other way around. The experiment was built on a few core principles — human dignity, the ...
journalgazette

God and country: Declaration offers nuanced view of religion's role in new nation

On the Fourth of July 1776, congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by ...
Times Republican

Marshalltown author pens latest book titled ‘The Declaration Decoded’

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...
Reason

Chief Justice Roberts on the Declaration of Independence

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to constitutional interpretation and judicial review. In his year-end report ...
The Herald-Times

Original copy of the Declaration of Independence now on display at IU

Hoosiers don’t have to travel to Washington, D.C. or Philadelphia to see one of the most important artifacts of the American Revolution; starting this month, just one of just 26 surviving copies of ...