Jones reads Declaration of Independence
688466
All men may be created equal, but all voices are not. James Earl Jones read excerpts from the Declaration of Independence in his unmistakable baritone Tuesday, the day before Independence Day.
373458
Simon Jones took what could be a crucial catch as England made an early breakthrough as they attempted to force home a record eighth successive Test victory in the opening Test against South Africa.
386687
Comment is free: Alan Rusbridger: The Guardian you read today - whether on newsprint or on a screen - has its roots in the struggle for suffrage and free speech.
621260
Sprinter Marion Jones bites her lip as she addresses the media during a news conference in San Francisco, Calif., in this June 16, 2004, file photo.
472292
The text of President Bush's news conference at the White House Friday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:
189961
"Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson" (Random House, 352 pages, $27), by Alan Pell Crawford: This intimate and detailed biography focuses on Thomas Jefferson from his return to Monticello, his beloved Virginia plantation, after two terms as president, to his death on the 50th anniversary of the signing of his Declaration of Independence.
661125
The President certainly has some explaining to do, but Democrats are embracing a document that turns out to have a little something for everybody
647628
P resident Bush famously doesn't like long memos. So if retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones hoped to get Bush's attention with the report he produced on Afghanistan, he was clever enough to be blunt from the start. "Make no mistake," the report says in its first line. "NATO is not winning in...
438258
A museum on Thursday unveiled a rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, a document signed in 1863 by President Abraham Lincoln declaring the end of slavery in the United States.
672260
A text of President Bush's victory speech on Wednesday, as transcribed by e-Media Millworks Inc.:
705370
These images of the original manuscript of George Washington's resignation speech, which he delivered in
691336
By Gaffney, John  Gaffney on America I had the privilege of serving on Revolution's short lifespan in the US. I wish it could have stayed in business after 2000, but it fell victim to the circumstances of the times. I don't mean the scarcity of ad pages.
52980
Nevermind the civil war debate -- the real question is why didn't the U.S. make a war declaration in the first place? That could bring an end to something that never should have been started
631139
In an Independence Day address in 1823, Horace Mann, the father of American public education, outlined for the first time his core beliefs that education, the intelligent use of the ballot, and religious freedom are the keys to preserving the nation's liberties. Born in Franklin, he gave that signature speech in Dedham, where he had just opened his first law ...
391256
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary to honor the grave sites of Declaration of Independence signers, don't count New Jersey in. It says it can't afford it.
550004
Alicia Bowers, a Panamanian immigrant, can easily recall that George Washington was the first U.S. president. She knows the three branches of government are legislative, executive and judicial.
729981
The National Archives, home of the original copies of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution, has dusted off more than 1,000 other relics and put them on public display &#151; including a home movie starring a 1-year-old George W. Bush toddling across a lawn in rompers.