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Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Vol. III

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Post and Courier

Nearly 250 years ago, a SC man risked everything by signing the Declaration of Independence

RIDGELAND — The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 is imbued with so much significance and gravitas in the American psyche that 250 years later it's easy to overlook how much personal ...
YDR

Here’s a look at the human side of the Declaration of Independence signers in York

Editor’s note: Jim McClure will read the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 4 at First Presbyterian Church, 225 E. Market St., York. This is part of the annual Daughters of the American ...
Post and Courier

Photos: Remebering one of South Carolina's signers of the Declaration of Independence

As the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence draws closer, a rededication of the gravesite of Thomas Heyward Jr. was held in Ridgeland, May 3, 2025. Heyward was one of South ...
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Read the Declaration of Independence

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...
Morning Call PA

Get to know the Lehigh Valley immigrant who signed the Declaration of Independence

After arriving from Ireland as an indentured servant, George Taylor called the Lehigh Valley region home for most of his life. Now, local historians want to make sure those who call the Lehigh Valley ...
Newsweek

World’s Most Important Writing Assignment: Declaration of Independence

It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May of 1776, John Adams, an accomplished draftsman who penned the state Constitution of Massachusetts (still the world's oldest), ...
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Signers of the Declaration of Independence, and View of the room where it was adopted, (painting)

Catalogue of the Paintings, Portraits, Marble and Plaster Statuary, Engravings & Water Color Drawings, in the Collection of the Boston Museum, Tremont, near Court Street, Boston, together with a ...
NPR

North Carolina is celebrating its own Declaration of Independence

Mecklenburg, North Carolina, is celebrating its own Declaration of Independence claiming it was signed a year before all the American colonies split from British rule. Here's a controversy that goes ...