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On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...
Just two years after it was bought for $4, it was sold at Sotheby’s for $2,420,000, establishing a record at the time for any ...
PLATTSBURGH — The Valcour Battle Chapter Sons of the American Revolution will present a reenactment of the public reading of the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 5 in Veterans Park on ...
John Eastman speaks at a committee hearing. Eastman on Thursday cited a passage of the Declaration of Independence to support Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election.
“Trump has absolutely no clue what the Declaration of Independence is or what it says,” charged Ron Filipkowski, an attorney and the editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch News.
It was read publicly for the first time on July 8 by Colonel John Nixon at what is now Independence Square in Philadelphia. The Declaration of Independence was not signed, however, until Aug. 2, 1776.
Many of the key signatories are of Scots descent, among them John Witherspoon the Presbyterian preacher from Paisley. Contemporary historians have drawn parallels between the American Declaration ...
The original Trumbull paintings and this Sarony print, all titled The Declaration of Independence, provide the date July 4th, 1776, under the title, which is why these images have been presumed by ...
Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Some of them went on to become president (like John Adams and Thomas Jefferson). Others have museums, monuments, and even beers named ...
Since 2001, a bronze statue of the Rev. John Witherspoon has loomed over a busy pedestrian plaza at Princeton University, where he served as president from 1768 to 1794.
The Declaration of Independence, along with the preamble of the Constitution and speeches and writings of our statesmen, help define the foundational character and values of America. The ...
A committee of five members— John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson—was appointed to draft a statement making the case for independence.