Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Thomas Tweed, Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History, University of Notre Dame

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by stagecoach and horseback to every colony, where officials posted it and newspapers circulated it.

But the declaration was also meant to be read aloud. Thomas…

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