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Ben Franklin was the oldest person to sign the Decloration of Independence.

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The youngest people to sign the Declaration of Independence were Thomas Lynch Jr. and Edward Rutledge. They were 26 years old and almost all the other men who signed were in their 40s and 50s. They were both from South Carlolina and born in 1749.

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The actual Declaration of independence was signed on July 2 but’s hey friends forgot so we celebrate it on July 4

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Fact: There is something written on the back of the Dec of Independence, but it isn’t a secret map or code. Instead there are words that say “original Declaration of Independence/dated on July 4th of 1776”. No one knows who wrote this but someone probably was added when the doc was written up and put into storage many years ago.

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Fact: Did you know that the Declaration of Independence gave the right for people to govern instead of Kings? The Declaration of Independence also stated that everyone had the right to life, liberty, and happiness.

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The Declaration of Independence had a cameo in the 2004 film National Treasure, featuring a secret message on the back. However the message was very different in real life.

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Getting to know the 3rd President of the United States (by Alyssa R.)

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Getting to know the 3rd President of the United States (by Alyssa R.)

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Thomas Jefferson was very shy, hated public speaking, and played the violin. If you found one of his speeches, you can see marks about the words where he needed to emphasize certain places.

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The Deceleration of Independence was not signed on July 4. Most of the delegates signed it on August 2. Congress officially adopted the DOI on July 4,1776

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The Deceleration of Independence was not signed on July 4. Most of the delegates signed it on August 2. Congress officially adopted the DOI on July 4,1776

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The Declaration and Constitution were hidden away during World War II
Both documents were packed up about two weeks after Pearl Harbor, given a military escort and taken to Fort Knox in Kentucky, where they remained for several years.

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When the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in New York City, it started a riot. George Washington read the document aloud in front of City Hall. A lively crowd cheered, and later that day tore down a nearby statue of George III.

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The only signer of the Declaration of Independence to survive beyond the 50th anniversary of the signing was Charles Carroll of Maryland. Carroll died in 1832 when he was 95 years old.

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Robert Livingston helped write the Dec. of Ind. but didn’t sign it because he believed it was too early to declare independence.

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Declaration of Independence Fact

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One in eight singers of the declaration of independence went to harvard.

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Once the Declaration of Independence had been written and signed, printer John Dunlap was asked to make about 200 copies to be distributed throughout the colonies. Today, the “Dunlap Broadsides” are extremely rare and valuable. In 1989, someone discovered a previously unknown Dunlap Broadside. It was sold for over $8 million in 2000. There are only 26 known surviving Dunlap Broadsides today.

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After Jefferson wrote his first draft of the Declaration, the other members of the Declaration committee and the Continental Congress made 86 changes to Jefferson’s draft, including shortening the overall length by more than a fourth.

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Once the Declaration of Independence had been written and signed, printer John Dunlap was asked to make about 200 copies to be distributed throughout the colonies. Today, the “Dunlap Broadsides” are extremely rare and valuable. In 1989, someone discovered a previously unknown Dunlap Broadside. It was sold for over $8 million in 2000. There are only 26 known surviving Dunlap Broadsides today.

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Something was written on the back of the Declaration of Independence? What was it? There was text which said,“Original Declaration of Independence dated 4th July 1776.” Nobody knows who wrote this or when but it is thought to have been rolled up during the Revolutionary War many times for transport and thought to have been labelled.

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George Washington read the document aloud in front of City Hall. A lively crowd cheered, and later that day tore down a nearby statue of George III.

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When the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in New York City, it started a riot.

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When the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in New York City, it started a riot.

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George Washington read the document aloud in front of City Hall. A lively crowd cheered, and later that day tore down a nearby statue of George III.

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George Washington didn’t sign the Declaration of Independence because he was in Manhattan, New York preparing New York for the British Armies.

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Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, and George Walton were the men from Georgia that signed the Declaration of Independence

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It is believed Thomas McKean of Delaware was the last person to sign. When Congress authorized the printing of an official copy with the names attached in January 1777, McKean's name was not included. He signed after that date, or the printer made a mistake by omitting him.

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1 out of 8 signers of the Declaration of Independence (7 in total) were educated at Harvard.

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Only 8 of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence were born in Britain.
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It took the committee 17 day to write the declaration from 11–28 June 1776.

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It took the committee 17 day to write the declaration from 11–28 June 1776.

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It took the committee 17 days to write the declaration from 11–28 June 1776.

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It took the committee 17 days to write the declaration from 11–28 June 1776.

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It took the committee 17 days to write the declaration from 11–28 June 1776.

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It took the committee 17 days to write the declaration from 11–28 June 1776.

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When George Washington read the declaration to a crowd in the town hallthey started a riot later that day and tore down a statue.

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After Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence, the other members of the committee and the Continental Congress made 86 changes and shortened one fourth of the draft.

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Declaration of Independence Katherine Beltrami 

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Declaration of Independence Katherine Beltrami 

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Alexander Hamilton did not actually sign the Declaration of Independence, but he is still  considered a Founding Father due to his role in framing the Constitution.

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The “fair copy”/original version of the Declaration of Indepence has been missing for 200 years

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John Hancock with his enormous signature, was the first to sign because he was the President of the Congress.

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Who wrote it?

Thomas Jefferson was said to write the first draft, but the "Committee of Five" actually drafted it, including: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, John Adams and Roger Sherman.

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 Independence  was formally declared on July 2, 1776, Congress approved final text on July 4, 1776, and it was signed on August 2, 1776

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 Independence  was formally declared on July 2, 1776, Congress approved final text on July 4, 1776, and it was signed on August 2, 1776

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- Lyndsey Franklin

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A member of the committee named Robert Livingston helped write the Decleraton of Independence, but he refused to sign. He thought it was too soon to declare independence from the mother country.