Wells’ 1776 Declaration of Independence handwritten copy resurfaces after 250 years

According to the town clerk, a local minister read the transcription aloud shortly after the historic document was written ...

Handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence discovered in Maine

This particular copy was recorded in the Wells Town Record Book in July 1776 by Town Clerk Nathaniel Wells.

Handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence discovered in record book

One of Maine's rare copies of the Declaration of Independence is touring the state right now. It is one of just 26 surviving copies of the historic Dunlap Broadside, which was printed in Philadelphia ...
Washington Post

Here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant 250 years later

The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit news organization bringing readers facts and analysis from researchers and scientists to help them make sense of a complex world. The Declaration of ...

A CT literary center took a different look at the Declaration of Independence. 6,000+ in a new form.

Comic artist Joe Young wants the exhibit to highlight both well-known and lesser-known Black individuals whose voices and ...
National Catholic Register

Ven. Fulton Sheen: ‘The Declaration of Independence Is a Declaration of Dependence’

July 4 is a red- white- and blue-letter day to recall the Declaration of Independence. Who better to give insights about it than Archbishop Fulton Sheen? As perceptive and prophetic as ever of what ...
Yale Environment 360

First printing of Declaration of Independence on display at the Beinecke

The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library will mark the 242nd anniversary of the nation’s founding with a special display of a major document of United States history from its collections. All are ...
The San Diego Union-Tribune

Richard Lederer: The Declaration of Independence is our nation’s birth certificate

The Fourth of July is the most prominent all-American holiday — the birthday of our country — even though celebrating the Fourth didn’t become common until after 1815, and Independence Day wasn’t made ...
The Lowell Sun

Tyngsboro welcomes Declaration of Independence replica

The Declaration of Independence now hangs at Town Hall. This broadsheet document is actually a faithful copy of the ...
The Ellsworth American

Declaration of Independence Dunlap Broadside visits the Abbe

The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor played host to an exceptional piece of history earlier this month, exhibiting one of the ...
NPR

Tell us your favorite line from the Declaration of Independence

The Fourth of July is approaching, and every year Morning Edition takes the holiday to reflect on the nation’s founding document — The Declaration of Independence. What comes to your mind when you ...
New York Post

Declaration of Independence copy found in Scottish attic sells for $4.4M

The parchment -- auctioned off Thursday in Philadelphia -- was actually just one of only a few dozen known remaining copies of the Declaration printed by master engraver William Stone.