We humbly suggest that part of every American family’s Independence Day celebration should be rereading and reflecting on the great truths of The Declaration of Independence, the document that inspired creation of this website. The full text is here. This revolutionary document established as “self-evident truth” that we are all created equal and that our [...]

On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted to declare independence, and on July 4 they adopted the final wording of the Declaration of Independence. John Dunlap was the printing contractor to the Second Continental Congress. John Hancock ordered Mr. Dunlap to print broadside – poster sized – copies of the declaration. Those first [...]