Alarmed by the deterioration of the original Declaration in the 1820s, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams commissioned William J. Stone to create an engraving of it with the signatures appended.

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Adams National Historic Park in Quincy will host two events on July 4th. At 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., actor Michael Lepage will read the Declaration of Independence set to music by the Conchords. At 3 p.m., ...

US Independence Day on July 4, 2025, marks 279 years since the nation’s founding. Celebrated across the country, the day commemorates the colonies’ 1776 break from British rule.

This hand-colored lithograph, titled The Declaration of Independence, depicts an interior scene of the assembly Room at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin ...

Check his Biography, Political Party, Accomplishments, and More John Adams, the second U.S. president (1797–1801), was a Massachusetts-born Founding Father who championed independence.