Declaration Stories

This week's story is about a missing word in the Declaration of Independence 😱 If you aren't subscribed to Declaration Stories, you can get weekly stories behind the founding document of the United States in your inbox every Wednesday leading up to the 250th 👉 declarationstories.org/subscribe

November 7 marks the 250th anniversary of Dunmore's proclamation. Learn about the connection between Dunmore's promise of freedom from slavery and the Declaration of Independence, found in the pages of Dixon and Hunter's Virginia Gazette. 🔗: declarationstories.org/stories/dunmores-cruel-declaration

Are you subscribed to Declaration Stories? Weekly stories behind different copies of the Declaration of Independence continue on Wednesdays and daily emails with News from 1776 begin January 1! 👉 declarationstories.org/subscribe

This week's story is brought to you by the letter "C" for Collaboration! After the war fractured his partnership with Benjamin Edes, John Gill worked alongside Powars and Willis to create a broadside of the Declaration of Independence in Boston. declarationstories.org/stories/american-broadside

July 4, 2026—the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—is 250 days away! Are you ready? Follow @declarationstories.bsky.social for weekly glimpses into the early history of the founding document of the United States

In 1776, New England became Independent! In the title of a Boston newspaper, at least. This week's story is about the New-England Chronicle at @bpl.boston.gov and the men who took it over shortly before the Declaration of Independence. declarationstories.org/stories/new-england-becomes-independent

How do you tell the story of a copy of the Declaration of Independence that doesn't exist anymore? This week's newsletter focuses on Polly Palmer, with help from the @rrchnm.bsky.social podcast Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant declarationstories.org/stories/miss-polly-or-myra

What's in the Declaration? How do you plan an event around a public reading? What has July 4 looked like over the past 250 years? These ?s and more will be answered during the Virtual Workshops for the 250th! November 15, 2025 -- three workshops on Zoom in one day declarationstories.org/workshops

Did people in London really buy John Hancock's portrait "merely for the sake of hanging him up"? 😳 Learn about @jcblibrary.bsky.social's broadside of the Declaration of Independence in this week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/hanging-up-hancock

This week's story is for fans of footnotes! Read or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories/self-evident-falsehood

The Hartford Courant claims the title of the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States. Two weeks after printing the Declaration of Independence, the Courant had news of a different Independence--a baby girl. Read or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories/independence-baby

Eight stories down, many more to come! 📬 declarationstories.org to read or subscribe Learn about the earliest printings and translations, and all the people involved in the process of declaring independence

A Dunlap broadside left Philadelphia in July 1776 but never reached its intended destination. It will return to Philadelphia for The Declaration's Journey at @amrevmuseum.bsky.social This week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/full-circle Learn more: www.jewishexponent.com/museum-of-th...

A cat lady, a closet of family papers, and the Declaration of Independence. In this week's story, learn about Isaiah Dunster's broadside, passed down to his daughter Hannah and eventually out of the family. declarationstories.org/stories/in-the-family

If you're going to have a short-lived newspaper, at least let it live through interesting times! That's the story behind the American Gazette, which featured the #DeclarationofIndependence #onthisday in 1776. Read or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories

An important new resource from @emilysneff.bsky.social

How did The City That Reads first get to read the Declaration of Independence? Because of John Dunlap's Baltimore newspaper, printed #onthisday in 1776. But, wasn't John Dunlap in Philadelphia? Get the story at the link, or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories

Last week's story was all about German translation. What will this week's story be? Subscribe ➡️ declarationstories.org/stories

The weekly Declaration Stories newsletter begins next Wednesday! Every copy of the Declaration of Independence as a story to tell. Subscribe for a full year of stories to commemorate the semiquincentennial. 🎆 declarationstories.org/stories

ONE MONTH until the Declaration Stories weekly newsletter! You won't want to miss the first story. Subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories

There's still time to register for the Virtual Workshops for the 250th! Ideal for anyone planning for 2026 May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration May 12: Reading the Declaration May 19: A History of the Fourth of July Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops

If you are planning for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year, register for these upcoming workshops! May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration May 12: Reading the Declaration May 19: A History of the Fourth of July 👉 www.declarationstories.org/workshops

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The 250th anniversary of the United States is too important to fool around with the Declaration of Independence. Make sure you know the history behind the document, and how to talk about it in a meaningful way. Register for the virtual workshops in May: www.declarationstories.org/workshops

These Virtual Workshops for the 250th are a small way to provide content fortification, ideas, and positive energy for this anniversary moment. Please share the word widely! Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops

For those of us who are planning for the 250th, it is important to: - tell a full history of the founding document of the United States - be thoughtful and intentional in the language we use to talk about the Declaration - find support from other folks who are dealing with the same uncertainties

After hearing from National Parks Service employees who could not register for the @declarationstories.bsky.social virtual workshops on the Declaration of Independence because of budget freezes and uncertainties, I've made registration free for all NPS workers. www.declarationstories.org/workshops

Hey educators, programming managers, community leaders, and stakeholders planning for the 250th anniversary of the #DeclarationofIndependence, please join this series of virtual educational workshops! Registration is $15 per workshop or $30 for all three. www.declarationstories.org/workshops

What is THE Declaration of Independence? Well, it depends on your perspective. Follow @declarationstories.bsky.social and subscribe at declarationstories.org for more of the history behind the founding document of the United States. (And follow on Instagram for videos with sound 😊)

If you want your inbox to be filled with 250th content, look no further! Two newsletters coming your way: a weekly series beginning this July, and a daily digest beginning January 1, 2026, curated by @emilysneff.bsky.social. ➡️ declarationstories.org/subscribe

Hey educators, programming managers, community leaders, and stakeholders planning for the 250th anniversary of the #DeclarationofIndependence, please join this series of virtual educational workshops! Registration is $15 per workshop or $30 for all three. www.declarationstories.org/workshops

The inspiration for my new initiative for 2026, @declarationstories.bsky.social, comes from a line that made it all the way from my dissertation prospectus into my book manuscript: Every copy of the Declaration of Independence has a story to tell. Follow along! www.declarationstories.org

Join @emilysneff.bsky.social this May for a three-part series of virtual workshops on the history of the Declaration of Independence declarationstories.org/workshops