Current and Upcoming Projects
Resources about the United States Declaration of Independence
Video Game
Educational video game for grades 6-12, currently in development.
Declaration Database
We are assembling a database of every known edition of the Declaration of Independence, both print and manuscript, produced between 1776 and the 1820s. Stay tuned for updates on our progress!
Research Highlights
2017
December Highlight: Dunlap
November Highlight: Charles Thomson
October Highilght: Abigail and John
September Highlight: The Declaration and the Constitution
August Highlight: Son of a Signer
July Highlight: The First Anniversary
June Highlight: The Adams Family
May Highlight: In the Printing Office
April Highlight: The Massachusetts Spy as a Case Study
March Highlight: Remembering the Ladies
February Highlight: Superintending Independence, Part 2
January Highlight: Superintending Independence, Part 1
2016
December Highlight: Founding Fathers?
November Highlight: Election Connections
October Highlight: "With the Declaration of Independence"
September Highlight: Extravagant and Inadmissible Claim of Independency
August Highlight: A Tale of Two Declarations
July Highlight: George Rejected and Liberty Protected
June Highlight: Atlas of Independence
May Highlight: An Instrument which will Perpetuate the Fame of its Author
April Highlight: Missing McKean
March Highlight: Mary Katherine Goddard
Unsullied by Falsehood
Conversations
Delegate Discussions
Presenting the Facts
Tracking the Spread: In 2017, we tracked the spread of the Declaration of Independence in newspapers in July and August 1776.
Click here for the full story, and check out the full story from our 2016 #Declare1776 campaign
#decfreshtakes: In 2017, we counted down to July 4th with excerpts from the 24 contributions to our e-book, Fresh Takes on the Declaration of Independence.
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#DI60: We tweeted our way through the Declaration of Independence in 60 days using the #DI60, from May 6th through July 4th, 2016. Text Source: Dunlap Broadside. ~25 words per day.
Click here for the full story