Signers of Declaration of Independence risked their lives, fortunes
It has been said that freedom isn’t free. Never was that more evident than in early July 1776, when members of Second ...
The Heritage Foundation3 年
The Declaration of Independence
Guelzo: No. And frankly, you read these 27 grievances in the Declaration of Independence and they are a real eye glazer. Doescher: Right. And it's funny because this document has served as such a ...
Chronicle1 年
The Document's Origins
when Duke graduate student Julia Gaffield found the declaration -- only the second such document in the world after the U.S. Declaration of Independence -- while conducting research for her doctoral ...
12 Declaration of Independence Facts Every American Should Know
Founding Fathers and revolutionary leaders signed the Declaration of Independence (which is different from the Constitution), ...
PBS8 年
Rough draft of the Declaration Of Independence
click image for close-up Click here for the text of this historical document ... far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was ...
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The Declaration of Independence and Slavery
Because the document also defined the character ... Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture ...
PBS5 年
The Declaration of Independence
Nearly a quarter of the document was cut during editing ... The irony wasn't lost on Adams that the Declaration of Independence, which trumpeted freedom for all men, was written by a slave ...
BBC6 年
Facebook finds Independence document 'racist'
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence Facebook's ... posting small daily chunks of the historic document on its Facebook page.
Ohio lawmakers want schools to display historic documents: The Ten Commandments ...
Bill 34, also called the Historical Educational Displays Act, would require school boards to list one historical educational ...
Lawmakers want Ohio schools to display historic documents including 10 Commandments
The Historical Education Displays Act, a new Senate proposal, would give school boards the ability to put the Ten ...
In Depth: The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320
The Declaration of Arbroath is without doubt the most famous document in Scottish history. Like the American Declaration of Independence, which is partially based on it, it is seen by many as the ...
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Tanzania: Was the Arusha Declaration Snuffed Out Before It Could Shine?
The Arusha Declaration, published on 5 February 1967, was an aspirational document. Much like South Africa's 1955 Freedom Charter, it did not describe the world as it existed. Instead, it attempted to ...