It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.

Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...

Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day or July 4th, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the country's declaration ... is "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national ...

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely original. In addition to borrowing from his own writing, Jefferson relied on other declarations and pamphlets of the time ...

Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it.