Abraham Lincoln said that the Declaration of Independence was “an ‘apple of gold’ to us. The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it.

If you really want to impress your Independence Day company (especially the history buffs), read up on facts about the ...

There’s no need to pull a Nicolas Cage this time. A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence will hit the auction block on January 24 at Sotheby’s. Known as the Essex Broadside ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — You can’t judge this book by its cover. A handwritten manuscript of the Declaration of Independence, worth an estimated 2 to 3 million dollars, was found inside an ...

A July 1776 broadside of the Declaration of Independence is on offer at Sotheby’s, where it is estimated at $2 to $4 million. It comes to auction less than four years after it sold at Christie ...

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands ...

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely original. In addition to borrowing from his own writing, Jefferson relied on other declarations and pamphlets of the time ...