Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lauren Milliman peered through the display glass, admiring not just what the words on the parchment said, but also the way they ...

It is known as the “Fair Copy” of the Declaration of Independence — a rare, early, unedited version of the nation’s founding ...

The original Declaration of Independence is secure in the National Archives, presumably safe from Nicolas Cage.

In Albany, New York, in 1955, someone rifling through an attic came across a bundle of documents. The importance of the documents themselves, if there was any, has been lost to the ages. But the paper ...

The copy of one of the nation's foundational documents almost never sees the light of day. The museum is making an exception to commemorate the nation's 250th anniversary.

Hoosiers don’t have to travel to Washington, D.C. or Philadelphia to see one of the most important artifacts of the American Revolution; starting this month, just one of just 26 surviving copies of ...

The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...

A rare 1823 copy of the Declaration of Independence owned by Louisville Metro Government is now on public display. The document is one of 200 exact copies commissioned by John Quincy Adams to preserve ...