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Rare copy of Declaration of Independence is discovered

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence seized in 1776 uncovered in London

LONDON — A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence lost for 250 years has been discovered in London, where it is now the only known example of its kind outside the United States.

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Rare 1776 copy of US Declaration of Independence discovered in London after 250 years

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Rare Copy of the American Declaration of Independence Found in UK Archives After 250 Years

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Rare ‘Exeter’ copy of Declaration of Independence discovered in UK

A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence that was lost for more than 250 years was recovered in London, Britain’s National Archives announced Friday.

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Rare 1776 copy of Declaration of Independence discovered in U.K. by volunteer: ‘An extraordinary discovery’

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See Rare Up Close Look at Declaration of Independence

The grievances in the Declaration of Independence are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances against King George

The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

Is this sentence in the Declaration of Independence really the greatest ever written?

I can’t think of a more fitting celebration of this Fourth of July than a reading of Walter Isaacson’s thin volume “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.” Isaacson is an influential public scholar and biographer of Leonardo da Vinci,

The Viking word hidden in the Declaration of American Independence

From Roman freedom to Viking happiness, the iconic words in the Declaration of Independence reveal thousands of years of humans wrestling with how to live well together.

Brown University

‘1776 Across the Americas’: Exhibition at Brown examines year of American Revolution

A John Carter Brown Library exhibition explores events and milestones of 1776, from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the mapping of San Francisco Bay and beyond.

Reader's Digest

The Declaration of Independence vs. the Constitution: What’s the Difference?

One sparks a revolution, while the other structures a nation. Do you know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution? Packed with history and visionary ideas (and even a few glaring mistakes!), these two documents serve ...

The New York Times

America Had More Than One Founding and More Than One Set of Founders

Read today, the Declaration of Independence is a freedom document. It stands for absolute human equality and represents the highest ideals of the American republic. On July 4, we celebrate it as much as we celebrate independence itself. But as scholars ...

USA 250: 'Took much more to achieve independence versus declaring it'

Not only did the British Army not foresee the raid of Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775, its troops might not have known the War of Independence had begun.

Reader's Digest

12 Interesting Facts About the Declaration of Independence That You Never Knew

Teachers spend their careers drilling facts about the Declaration of Independence into schoolchildren’s heads. We learn about the Founding Fathers and the Revolutionary War and taxation without representation. We celebrate the promise of “life, liberty ...