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The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

This document contains the signatures of John Hancock, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. So exactly how many signatures are there—and whose is most valuable?

Has the Declaration of Independence been defaced? Did someone rewrite and enhance signatures on the hallowed parchment? And is that — and the grimy handprint on the document — the result of ...

And in this way, the Declaration is more radical than the individual men who wrote it or signed it, for it let loose upon the world a new way of ordering society itself.

The Declaration of Independence was not signed, however, until Aug. 2, 1776. Some of these signers were not a part of the original Congress who proposed and approved of the document in early July ...

Illustration by Slate. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress W e hold this truth to be self-evident: John Hancock’s signature on the Declaration of Independence was too big.

NPR is facing a wave of backlash after criticizing the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July — saying the document has “flaws and deeply ingrained hypocrisies.” ...

Many of the men who signed the Declaration continue to be revered today as heroes of liberty — but not everyone's reputation is so glorious.

Since then, the Declaration of Independence has had a fairly rough time. A forensic analysis of the document shows some rough handling, damaging displays, and even a mysterious handprint.