How Many Signatures Are on the Declaration of Independence? And 6 Other Interesting Facts About This Founding Document

This document contains the signatures of John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. So exactly how many ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Every American Knows the Declaration of Independence. Almost Nobody Knows the Woman Who Printed It

As Baltimore's postmaster and printer to the Continental Congress, Mary Katharine Goddard produced the first official copy of ...

Here’s a look at a few of the forgotten Founding Fathers

Here’s a few notable forgotten founders: George Clymer was Pennsylvanian politician, early slavery abolitionist and one of ...

5 Declaration of Independence signers from MA. Where are they buried?

Five Massachusetts patriots signed the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. Here's who they are, and how to visit their ...

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was breaking news

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.
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A letter signed by George Washington that helped pave the way for American independence goes on display in London

As America gears up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a pivotal letter signed by George ...
RTÉ Ireland

The Antrim man who signed the Declaration of Independence - inside the new documentary

Filmmaker Paul McGuigan introduces his new documentary Freedom Founder: Thomas Mckean and the American Revolution, a portrait of the American-born son of Antrim emigrants who was the last man to sign ...

Two injured and couple in custody after stabbing in Scranton

Police were called to the home along Edna Avenue around noon on Tuesday.

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the ...
Rome Sentinel

The Declaration of Independence Is a Dying Document, and It Has Nothing to Do With Politics

The Declaration of Independence is disappearing, and it has nothing to do with the country's current divides. The document at ...