Former judge Paul G. Summers explains why the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution remain our bedrock.

President Donald Trump is expected to take center stage in the country's Independence Day celebration on Saturday night.

Content with his intellectual, architectural and other pursuits at home in Monticello, Thomas Jefferson had no intention of becoming a political leader during the founding of America.

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