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The Declaration of Independence: Read it, learn it, live it

The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...
Newsweek

Marjorie Taylor Greene Trashed by Historians over Independence Declaration Claim

A number of prominent historians have hit out at House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene following an X post in which she falsely claimed six key figures from American history had signed the 1776 ...

William Floyd, sole Long Islander to sign the Declaration of Independence, gets a day named after him

The day honoring Floyd — whose Old Mastic estate is less than two miles from Mastic Beach High School — will be celebrated ...
WSB-TV

Social media erupts after Marjorie Taylor Greene posts about signers of Declaration of Independence

ATLANTA — In an effort to show her patriotism following the 4th of July, Georgia U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share some fun “facts” about the ...
The Daily Signal

What Declaration of Independence Teaches Us About Our Rights, Duties as Americans

Richard M. Reinsch II is director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation and columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also a senior writer for Law & Liberty. If we ...
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Surprising Names Missing From the U.S. Declaration of Independence and Constitution

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Many founding fathers were unable to sign the Declaration ...
WISH-TV

Read the Declaration of Independence

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 ...
Houston Chronicle

Celebrate the Fourth by reading the Declaration of Independence

Many years ago a reader, Wallace Hooper, wrote to the Chronicle publisher with this request: “To celebrate this and every July Fourth, print the entire text of the Declaration of Independence.” In ...
Opinion

President of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) Asks, ‘Would You Have Signed the Declaration of Independence?’

In January 1776, Thomas Paine wrote his “Common Sense” political tract and 11 months later wrote “The American Crisis,” which began with, “These are the times which try men’s souls. The summer soldier ...

Poplar Forest to house centuries-old historic copy of Declaration of Independence

State Senator Peake shared that the framed document was hung in the Virginia Office of the Attorney General before being ...
The Heritage Foundation

Declaration Trivia

Declaration Trivia A widely held misconception about the Declaration of Independence is it was signed on July 4, 1776. In an extraordinary coincidence, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on ...