Kyra Sedgwick says knowing her ancestor signed the Declaration of Independence 'means a lot' to her

Kyra Sedgwick says democracy and the Constitution mean a lot to her, revealing ancestor William Ellery signed the Declaration ...

For America’s Birthday, a Declaration of Independence Whodunit

The New York Historical thinks it has identified the anonymous printer behind a rare broadside printing of the Declaration ...
Smithsonian Magazine

See the New Quarter Honoring Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence That Enters Circulation Next Week, Ahead of America’s 250th Birthday

The design is one of several coin denominations, and the third of five new quarters, made specially for the country’s ...
The New Yorker

Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits?

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.
National Geographic news

How the Declaration of Independence wooed Americans away from Britain

Cutting ties with a king might have seemed like "Common Sense" in the 1770s, but the desire was not unanimous among the colonists—until the Declaration convinced them otherwise. John Trumbull's ...