Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

A document beginning, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,’ meaning obvious, kindles something new: the American spirit.

That’s how it always goes in today’s GOP. Lawmakers spend huge amounts of time and energy manufacturing fig leaves for their ...

In 1865, Congress passes the 13th Amendment. The war ends, Lincoln is assassinated and the states ratify the amendment later ...

In late June and early July 1776, the Second Continental Congress framed, debated, and adopted the Declaration of Independence.

HERE IT IS. July 5, and we celebrated the 249th anniversary of our independence as a nation. It seems we have moved from a ...

Most pennies today have little value, but those from the early American colonies can sell for thousands of dollars. In 2010, ...

A Harwood Middle School student was honored this spring with a top prize in the annual 8th Grade Hildene Lincoln Essay ...

In remarks at Independence Hall in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln shared the roots of his political philosophy while ...

OWEGO, TIOGA CO., N.Y., Monday, July 4, 1864. Correspondence of the New-York Times. The nomination of LINCOLN and JOHNSON was ratified and the Baltimore Platform indorsed this day at Owego by at ...

The nation's founding document has been celebrated by leaders across the centuries, and it can still guide us today.