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.

There were 56 delegates at the Second Continental Congress who signed the Declaration of Independence, according to the National Constitution Center. These men are listed among the nation's ...

July 4, 2026, will mark the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.  Dr. Allen Mendenhall, ...

So, there is not much to celebrate this April 19 or July 4. However, the antidote to the 900-page Project 2025 is still that one-page Declaration written 249 years ago.

NEW YORK (AP) — When Random House Publisher Andrew Ward met recently with staff editors to discuss potential book projects, ...

It is in this red-brick, Georgian-style building that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were debated, drafted and signed by our forefathers, and those who visit Independence ...

what: The Declaration of Independence on public display ... The location of the draft originally signed by John Hancock is unknown, Danger said. The copy, known as a “Dunlap broadside” and the only ...