Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain ...

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

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People gathered Tuesday at the Berks County Services Center to commemorate the first local reading of the document.

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Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a ...

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It's the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation's grand semiquincentennial ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...