Tag: Declaration of Independence.

  • Arts & Culture

    Teens tackle question of freedom in America

    Boston-area high school students will perform “Freedom Acts” on Nov. 2‒3. As part of the A.R.T.’s Proclamation Project, the play tackles questions of what hypocrisies and contradictions exist in what we think of as American freedom.

    3 minutes
    Students rehearse for ,for Proclamation Project at the American Repertory Theater.
  • Arts & Culture

    Declaration of authenticity

    Researchers, including Harvard’s Emily Sneff and Danielle Allen, have learned much more about a Colonial-era copy of the Declaration of Independence.

    4 minutes
    The Sussex Declaration.
  • Arts & Culture

    A hidden Declaration

    A discovery of the Declaration in the south of England set a pair of researchers on a two-year journey into American history.

    5 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Our signature 1776 revolutionary

    Founding Father and patriot John Hancock, he of the famous signature, was also famed in his day as the Harvard treasurer who left town while managing the College funds — and returned them two years later.

    7 minutes