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

A traveling exhibit exploring the global impact of the Declaration of Independence opens will spend a month at Otis Library in Norwich.

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Editor’s note: Jim McClure will read the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 4 at First Presbyterian Church, 225 E. Market St., York. This is part of the annual Daughters of the American ...

As the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence draws closer, a rededication of the gravesite of Thomas Heyward Jr. was held in Ridgeland, May 3, 2025. Heyward was one of South ...

RIDGELAND — The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 is imbued with so much significance and gravitas in the American psyche that 250 years later it's easy to overlook how much personal ...

The borough of Catasauqua hosted a special reading of the Declaration of Independence Thursday. This is the 10th year the event has been held at the George Taylor House. George Taylor was one of the ...

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 ...

"This monograph upon the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was read before the Scotch-Irish Society of America at its meeting in Lexington, Virginia, on June 21, 1895, and is printed in vol. VII ...

After spending years in storage, Louisville officials unveiled a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence to the public ...

BEAUFORT, SC. (WTOC) - The Arsenal building in downtown Beaufort stands as one of the oldest structures in South Carolina’s second oldest city, but its historical significance predates its 1798 ...