The main objectives of the Declaration of Independence were to announce a cause of action and formally justify the Continental Congress’s July 2, 1776, decision to separate from Great Britain.

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 was created to ...

We are proud to offer the Goodspeed's-Sang-Streeter copy of the July 1776 Essex broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence. “An expression of the American mind," according to Thomas ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence known as the July 1776 Essex Broadside will go on the block later this month. Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will auction off a rare ...

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20 ...

The Revolutionary War artifacts tell the story of what General Cornwallis tried to destroy forever—but couldn’t erase.

The Exeter Broadside is one of the rarest copies of the Declaration of Independence. Discover its recent $2.4 million sale ...

According to Harvard University, about 200 copies of the original Declaration of Independence were produced in 1776. Only ...

A historic 22-bedroom manor in Virginia that’s as old as the Declaration of Independence has just sold for $20 million.

Dubbed “Task Force 250,” it would oversee all federal agencies planning for the milestone, also known as the ...

The season will close with 1776, presented April 14–May 31 and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence's signing in Philadelphia. In 1776, John Adams, Benjamin ...