Smithsonian Magazine

Thomas Jefferson’s Original Rough Draft of the Declaration of Independence Can Now Be Seen at the Library of Congress

A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, printed between 1835 and 1856, depicting the signing of the Declaration of Independence, is on display in the new exhibition. Library of Congress In 1776, the ...
Foreign Policy

The Ankara Summit Declaration

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The New York Times

Once the Centerpiece of Celebration, a Faded Declaration Recedes

Sunlight and abuse have taken a toll on the document, encased in bulletproof glass. But the Trump administration “hasn’t put much emphasis on it,” a former archivist notes. Washington Memo Sunlight ...
CBS News

"Vanishingly rare" copy of Declaration of Independence found in U.K. by volunteer

A rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence has been found in the U.K.'s National Archive by a volunteer. Known as an "Exeter Declaration," the copy is one of 11 of its kind known to still ...
National Review

What the Signers of the Declaration Sacrificed

Revisiting Benson John Lossing’s account of the lives of these 56 extraordinary men. When 56 men pledged “our lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor” 250 years ago, none forfeited the first or last.
CNN

The Declaration of Independence: Annotated 250 years later — during the Trump era

The United States is celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2026. It’s a major milestone for a country that was born in revolution against a king and comes at a moment when a protest movement against ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

As America turns 250, how the Declaration of Independence endures

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and independent states.” This Declaration of Independence, read to crowds ...
WVXU

Where to hear readings of the Declaration of Independence in Cincinnati

A 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence is displayed at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia on June 17, 2019. As the nation commemorates its 250th anniversary, ...
Entertainment Weekly

Larry David turns the Declaration of Independence into a list of petty grievances in new miniseries premiere

Larry David is inserting himself into iconic American moments in his new miniseries, Life, Larry, and the Pursuit of Unhappiness. In the first episode, he plays a Founding Father who writes the first ...
BBC

The Viking word hidden in the Declaration of American Independence

From Roman freedom to Viking happiness, the iconic words in the Declaration of Independence reveal thousands of years of humans wrestling with how to live well together – and the power of language to ...
Time

Democracy and the Declaration of Independence

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