The Declaration of Independence was not signed, however, until Aug. 2, 1776. Some of these signers were not a part of the original Congress who proposed and approved of the document in early July ...

The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776. It validates the freedom of 13 North American British colonies ...

Today, 26 copies remain. Then on July 8, 1776, Colonel John Nixon of Philadelphia read a printed Declaration of Independence to the public for the first time on what is now called Independence Square.

He signed the Declaration of Independence as “Charles Carroll of Carrollton,” a form of his name that he used to distinguish himself from a number of other Maryland Charles Carrolls.

A sampling of other Declaration of Independence signers who served in the Continental Congress in York between Sept. 30, 1777, and June 28, 1778.

The Declaration of Independence was not signed, however, until Aug. 2, 1776. Some of these signers were not a part of the original Congress who proposed and approved of the document in early July ...

While 56 delegates eventually signed the Declaration of Independence, according to the National Archives, not all of them were present on Aug. 2, 1776, and some of them never signed the document ...

Many of the signers fought in the revolution, some were even captured by the British. And the identities of all but two were kept secret for more than six months after the signing. Accessibility links ...

Fifty-six congressional delegates signed the Declaration of Independence, though not all signed it on July 4th, 1776, as commonly believed. Forty-five delegates were able to sign the declaration ...

How fitting that our nation's founders used the flight feathers of geese to sign the Declaration of Independence 248 years ago on July 4. Bird flight has long symbolized the freedom to chart one's ...