The Fourth of July is approaching, and every year Morning Edition takes the holiday to reflect on the nation’s founding document — The Declaration of Independence. What comes to your mind when you ...

Public schools in several U.S. states are required to teach students about the Declaration of Independence, contrary to a video claim that the U.S. public education system does not teach the document ...

The Smithsonian’s secretary offers insight into one of the nation’s most important documents Lonnie G. Bunch III Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on this portable desk of his own ...