Before Independence Day comes around, here’s what to know about July 4th fireworks. 26 copies of the original Declaration exist today Originally, Congress ordered 200 copies of the Declaration ...

There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

Museum leaders are working to connect people today to the events of 1776. They’re confident they can, and will.

According to Harvard University, about 200 copies of the original Declaration of Independence were produced in 1776. Only about two dozen remain. In New York, a new copy from the times of the Founding ...

Sotheby's A rare broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence is heading to auction at Sotheby’s, where it’s expected to fetch between $2 and $4 million. Dated to July 1776, this edition ...

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag. In the January 14, ...

signed the Declaration of Independence. It is said that John Hancock's signed his name "with a great flourish" so England's "King George can read that without spectacles!" Today, the original copy ...

“Only in D.C. can you see the actual Declaration of Independence, and we will have by far the best celebration of the 250th in America,” said Elliott L. Ferguson II, president and chief ...

“Saturday Night Live’s” cold open spoofed the signing of the Declaration of Independence, except the scene featured President Trump. The scene began with John Hancock signing the declaratio ...

Trump’s plan is nothing less than a second Declaration of Independence for the American worker, employer and parent who have had enough of seeing their interests come a distant second to the ...