Only 11 copies of the Exeter broadside have survived. This is the second founding document purchased by the family.

A volunteer cataloging naval letters came across a copy of the document, printed 250 years ago in New Hampshire. “It was a ...

But the Declaration kept moving. In Philadelphia, John Adams, 40, folded up "a Magazine, and an Evening Post" and sent the ...

But we must be diligent and meticulous, because what’s been gained will surely be lost if we aren’t defending and securing rights and advancing toward a greater recognition of our Declaration’s ...

Regarding “Words the changed the world” (June 28 print edition), about the Declaration of Independence: That document has ...

“Every copy of the Declaration that we have today is evidence of someone thinking ahead and preserving it," Emily Sneff said.

A 1776 printing of the US Declaration of Independence, one of just 11 known to survive, was discovered by a National Archives ...

In an open letter to the Founding Fathers, a reader writes, “The nation you founded not only still exists but thrives in a ...

The Declaration of 1776 outlined the Founders’ moral vision of a free society; its most important statement: “that all Men ...

But the events of 1776 are harder for Boston to claim. After the British evacuated these parts on March 17, the action moved ...

Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain’s National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings ...

Since the writing of The Declaration of Independence 250 years ago, the document has been an aspirational guide for our ...