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Independence Day at the National Archives

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Jul 4th slideshow (Slideshow editing URL https://update.archives.gov/node/68462/edit/)

 

The National Archives marks the 244th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence with its traditional Fourth of July program in a far less traditional manner—online! Highlights include welcoming remarks by Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero, a variety of educational and family-friendly interactive programs with historical figures and current educators, and a lively, patriotic reading ceremony emceed by journalist Soledad O’Brien. All July 4th activities are free and open to the public, but registration is required. The full schedule can be found at www.archivesjuly4.org/schedule/events

July 4th at the National Archives is made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation with the generous support of John Hancock and AARP.

Family Activities and Downloads

Founders Online

Read the actual words written by our nation's founders on Founders Online.

Accordion

Prologue Articles

“Travels of the Charters of Freedom”

The Declaration of Independence and the Hand of Time

Finding the Stones: National Archives Discovers Several Engravings of the Declaration

The Stone Engraving: Icon of the Declaration

A New Era Begins for the Charters of Freedom

The Faulkner Murals: Depicting the  Creation of a Nation

Blogs

Annotation: Three Huzzas from the Troops

Education Updates: The Declaration of Independence

Pieces of History: Dunlap's Declaration of Independence

Pieces of History: Masterpieces of Freedom: The Faulkner Murals

Pieces of History: New Online Exhibit: “Carting the Charters”

Pieces of History: Making it Official: The Day the Declaration of Independence Was Signed

Pieces of History: Annual Birthday Party for the Declaration of Independence

Pieces of History: John Adams’s vision of July 4 was July 2

Pieces of History: The Last Hands to Touch the Declaration of Independence

Google Cultural Institute

"Carting the Charters": Fnd out how the Charters of Freedom—The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights—came to rest in the National Archives.

Founders Online

Founders Online lets you to read and search through thousands of documents written by George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.

 

July 4th at the National Archives is made possible in part by the National Archives Foundation with the generous support of John Hancock, Dykema, WMATA, and Boies Schiller Flexner.

 

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