Viewing the Declaration of Independence, visitors reflect on America at 250

America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be ...
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What the Declaration of Independence still teaches us | Opinion

The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, dissolving political ties with Great Britain. The Declaration outlines the philosophy that governments derive their power from the consent ...
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Declaration of Independence’s promises ring out today as loudly as they did for Lincoln, FDR and through 249 years of US history

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Graeme Mack, University of Richmond (THE CONVERSATION) The Declaration of Independence ...