Organizers said commemorations will look to strike the balance between celebrating the nation’s founding ideals while ...

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. participates in a civil rights march in 1963. The photo was removed from a planned exhibit ...

In 2026, the United States will celebrate 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Across the country, ...

America is on the cusp of its 250th birthday next year, and party planning is well underway for celebrations on the National Mall in D.C ...

Washington, DC, with its international symbols of American independence, rich history and local culture, will serve as center ...

Discussions of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence resulted in some ... the original copy of the Declaration is housed in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and the fourth of July ...

The National Archives is looking for volunteers to transcribe more than 200 years worth of documents. You can help, even if you can't read cursive.

the National Archives Museum is high on travelers' to-do lists and almost always has long entrance lines. But once you do get inside, you'll see the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution ...

Archivists will put on exhibit the 19th Amendment, which cemented the right to vote for women, in March 2026 alongside the ...