Made by a printer in New Hampshire, this 1776 broadside edition was created to disseminate America's founding document to the ...

And while we're roasting marshmallows and lighting sparklers, we won't forget the miracle that allows us to take pause around the 4th of July every year, the Declaration of Independence.

Each year on the fourth of July, also known as Independence ... Lee's words were the impetus for the drafting of a formal Declaration of Independence, although the resolution was not followed ...

but there are some lesser-known facts about the Declaration of Independence that are... Between the fireworks and other festivities, settle in to watch a few of these 4th of July movies on ...

The Declaration of Independence was written by wealthy white men, but the impetus for independence came from ordinary Americans. Historian Pauline Maier discovered that by July 2, 1776 ...

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely original ... against Great Britain — had occurred on the fourth of July. Following the Declaration's publication in the ...

Mary Katharine Goddard was one of America’s first publishers, and she was tasked with printing and delivering the Declaration of Independence to the 13 colonies. Fourth of July fireworks and ...

The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, is celebrated every year in the US on July 4. The holiday is celebrated to mark the day the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration ...

This 4 th of July brings back memories of my extended ... is expressed in some very familiar words found in The Declaration of Independence. ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence known as the July 1776 Essex Broadside will go on the block later this month. Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will auction off a rare ...