This particular copy was recorded in the Wells Town Record Book in July 1776 by Town Clerk Nathaniel Wells.

Fifty-six men risked their lives to sign the Declaration of Independence – not on July 4 but on 1776. The only two men to ...

Dunlap Broadside touring all 16 Maine counties ...

The Fourth of July is the most prominent all-American holiday — the birthday of our country — even though celebrating the Fourth didn’t become common until after 1815, and Independence Day wasn’t made ...

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain. Approximately 20 percent of the members of Congress were opposed to separation, but some ...

Although long revered as an “American scripture”, the Declaration of Independence actually “began its life as a press release”, with a limited, pragmatic purpose, writes the historian Michael D.

In the heart of tech-mad San Francisco, Arion Press makes some of the world’s most sought-after dead-tree artifacts, ...

When the signers of the Declaration of Independence pledged to each other their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor on the morning of July 4, 1776, they were making a fundamental compact ...

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical location, usually associated with where one grew up. It extends from ...

The Abbe Museum in Bar Harbor played host to an exceptional piece of history earlier this month, exhibiting one of the ...