There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was Edward Rutledge from South Carolina at 26 years old. The oldest was Benjamin Franklin at 70 years old.

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of Independence. On this episode, we play an interview featuring well-known historian, scholar, and Heritage fellow Dr. Allen Guelzo.

A handwritten copy of the US Declaration of Independence was found in the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester. "You have the names of everyone who signed the original. You can pick out Thomas ...

Sotheby's A rare broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence is heading to auction at Sotheby’s, where it’s expected to fetch between $2 and $4 million. Dated to July 1776, this edition ...

Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely original. In addition to borrowing from his own writing, Jefferson relied on other declarations and pamphlets of the time ...