Smithsonian Magazine

A Volunteer Stumbled Upon a Strange Document in the U.K. National Archives. It Turned Out to Be a Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Printed in July 1776

When he unfolded the document, Michael Scurr noticed the word “Declaration” printed in large letters across the top. Feeling a swell of excitement, he showed it to his supervisor. “I thought, ‘Oh, ...
NBC News

Yemen’s Houthis declare naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, widening threat to global oil supplies

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis said Monday they were imposing a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that opens a new front against the United States in its war on Iran and widens the threat to global ...
The Raw Story

'Misquoted the Declaration': Outrage mounts over Trump's July 4 speech stumble

Kathleen Culliton is Raw Story's managing editor. She's been covering local and national news for more than a decade for outlets that include the New York Post, Al Jazeera, DNAinfo New York, Bustle, ...
PBS

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence found by UK National Archives in papers of captured U.S. privateer ship

LONDON (AP) — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain's National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future ...
WIBC

Full Reading Of The Declaration Of Independence

WIBC has voiced the historic Declaration of Independence document in full, honoring the 250th anniversary of its signing—from 1776 to 2026. On July 4, 1776, 56 men risked their fortunes, their ...
syracuse.com

U.S. Declaration of Independence: Read the full text of America’s beginning

As the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday, it’s a good time to read (or re-read) the Declaration of Independence. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to declare ...
CNN

The Declaration of Independence: Annotated 250 years later — during the Trump era

The United States is celebrating its 250th anniversary in 2026. It’s a major milestone for a country that was born in revolution against a king and comes at a moment when a protest movement against ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

As America turns 250, how the Declaration of Independence endures

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and independent states.” This Declaration of Independence, read to crowds ...
Mediaite

Trump Quips He’s ‘Very Disappointed’ He Wasn’t Mentioned in Declaration of Independence Alongside God

President Donald Trump said he’s “very disappointed” that he wasn’t mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, even as “our founders invoked the Creator four times,” during a Friday speech at the ...
The Washington Post

How Poland’s fate drove the Declaration

David Armitage is the Lloyd C. Blankfein professor of history at Harvard University. Among his books to date is “The Declaration of Independence: A Global History.” His edition of the “Outlines of a ...
The Conversation

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances 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 ...