Chronicle

Duke and Durham Mark 250th Anniversary of Declaration of Independence

Duke University and Durham organizations are partnering to mark the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States’ Declaration of Independence. A new We the People initiative will examine the ...
Brattleboro Reformer

In-person programming returns to library with Declaration of Independence study

BRATTLEBORO — Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St. in Brattleboro welcomes back attendees to its first in-person program in over a year when scholar Meg Mott will present “What the Declaration of ...
NPR

Examining a line from the Declaration of Independence: All men are created equal

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal." On this Independence Day, we hear some words ...
The New Yorker

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?

Red-headed, spindle-shanked Thomas Jefferson was thirty-three years old when he drafted the Declaration of Independence, in 1776; he was so young and, as it turned out, so long-lived that he had ...