Tribune editorial: The Declaration of Independence has much to teach us. And some warnings to give.

It is not, or should not be, a musty relic that we honor without really knowing what it is.

(W.L. Ormsby/Library of Congress | The Associated Press) An 1876 engraving by W.L. Ormsby shows a version of the painting "Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776" by John Trumbull.

Tribune editorial: The Declaration of Independence has much to teach us. And some warnings to give.

It is not, or should not be, a musty relic that we honor without really knowing what it is.

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