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Five Massachusetts patriots signed the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. Here's who they are, and how to visit their gravesites.

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You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.

Michael Auslin is a fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of “National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America,” from which this article was adapted. On the morning of May 6, ...

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by ...