More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — ...

The original printing is just one of 26 known remaining copies, and one of three located west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...

The Valley Forge Park Alliance is inviting the public to take part in a once-in-a-generation commemoration on July 4.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - People in Charleston had the chance to hear the text of the Declaration of Independence read aloud for the first time in August 1776. The Second Continental Congress adopted ...

July 2026 will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence we will be remembering the Declaration as the radical and revolutionary document ...

One of 26 surviving copies of the Declaration of Independence is now on display at the Lilly Library on Indiana University’s ...

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

WEST CHESTER — A spirited reading of the Declaration of Independence took place Tuesday at the Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center. Twenty community members solemnly, and with much emotion, read the ...

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...