Michael Scurr, a retired insurance broker, found the text while cataloging boxes of 18th-century correspondence housed at the ...

A rare copy of the American Declaration of Independence has been discovered at the UK's National Archives ahead of the 250th anniversary of its signing. The document, which was seized by the Royal ...

As part of a statewide tour organized by the Maine Historical Society, a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence is on ...

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Much of the hoopla surrounding the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations this summer might be over, but a monumental event happened this week in 1776. The Declaration of Independence finally ...

LONDON — Michael Scurr has been volunteering at Britain’s National Archives for the last 11 years, spending his Thursday mornings painstakingly cataloging documents for the benefit of future ...

A rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence has been found in the U.K.'s National Archive by a volunteer. Known as an "Exeter Declaration," the copy is one of 11 of its kind known to still ...

As we celebrate America’s 250th birthday, a volunteer discovered a rare 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence in the U.K.’s National Archive. The “Exeter Declaration,” one of 11 of its kind ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A volunteer at the British National Archives uncovered a new copy of ...

Independence Day commemorates the day representatives from the thirteen colonies voted to separate from the United ...

All men are created equal — but some are luckier than others! A volunteer poring through 18th-century naval letters in London serendipitously stumbled onto an ultra-rare copy of the Declaration of ...