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 ...

Roosevelt, chaired the UDHR drafting committee. With her were René Cassin of France, who composed the first draft of the Declaration, the Committee Rapporteur Charles Malik of Lebanon ...

but the reason why Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4). The 1776 declaration (which, it should be noted, had Jefferson write the first draft, but had a finished product edited by ...

In 2026, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — a bold and revolutionary ...

It took the delegates two days to draft ... read publicly for the first time on July 8 by Colonel John Nixon at what is now Independence Square in Philadelphia. The Declaration of Independence ...

On May 29, 1973 the newspaper's fundamental principles were published on its front page: the independence ... Accordingly, this modern-day "Declaration of Independence" also establishes the ...