Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the Declaration of Independence.

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...

Students at Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton recently had a rare opportunity to view two handwritten copies of the Declaration of Independence, a pairing that hasn’t occurred in nearly 250 years.