It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence ... was that the mindset of the time for the people that signed this document? Guelzo: Well, they're being sacrificial ...

There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

Sotheby's 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 ...

In his first version of the Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson wrote ... the 1777 petition signed by Prince Hall was the most impatient in tone.

On July 4, 2026, the United States of America will commemorate and celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The patriots (men and women), who fought and ...

Congress refrained from publishing the Declaration of Independence with a list of the signers until six months later when America won its first great victory in the war. Wrote New Jersey delegate ...