It is known as the “Fair Copy” of the Declaration of Independence — a rare, early, unedited version of the nation’s founding document, drafted in Jefferson’s eloquent hand, and containing a ...

More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — are famous. But the woman whose name also appears on the document, or at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An original printing of the "Dunlap Broadside" Declaration of Independence, now on display at IU's Lilly Library. Hoosiers don’t ...

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence will make its way around Maine later this year, as part of a statewide tour to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the country's founding. The Maine ...

The original Declaration of Independence is secure in the National Archives, presumably safe from Nicolas Cage.

In Albany, New York, in 1955, someone rifling through an attic came across a bundle of documents. The importance of the documents themselves, if there was any, has been lost to the ages. But the paper ...

A rare 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence owned by Louisville Metro Government is now on public display. The document is one of 200 exact copies commissioned by John Quincy Adams to preserve ...