The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2, 1776. Many people may assume it was signed on July 4, the day it was officially adopted by Congress, but it took nearly a full month to get ...

The Declaration of Independence used to be read aloud at public gatherings every Fourth of July. Today, while all Americans have heard of it, all too few have read more than its second sentence.

The signed Declaration of Independence hangs at the National Archives on Constitutional Avenue in Washington, D.C., which has been the document’s home since 1952.

This copy was produced and signed several weeks after the Declaration of Independence was first published," according to Harvard. The first copies of the Declaration in 1776 were printed by John ...

A broadside of the Declaration of Independence printed by John Dunlap in July 1776 will be on display at the Museum of American Revolution from Oct. 18 to Jan. 3, 2027. The poster-sized document ...