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In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was breaking news. Here's how the founding document reached the American public
In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that ...
July 4, 1776— -- When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of ...
The Declaration of Independence isn’t just a philosophical breakup letter. It was a strategic move to secure vital support ...
Broadside printing of the document commenced hours after it was approved. Copies were read aloud in town squares.
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