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.

Who has the most valuable signature on the Declaration of Independence? Button Gwinnett is not one of the most famous signers, but his signature is the most valuable of the dozens on the ...

It's that time of year when we celebrate our Declaration of ... what we now call Independence Hall, adopted a resolution offered by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, that these United colonies ...

SLIDESHOW: The Signers of the Declaration of Independence The July 2 resolution was laconic, not written to stir the emotions. The subsequent constitutions for the Union — the 1781 Articles of ...

This month marks the 250th anniversary of the Fincastle Resolutions, in which leaders in the now-defunct Fincastle County ...

John Adams was many things: lawyer, diplomat, member of the Continental Congress, and one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence. Adams was born in Braintree, Massachusetts, in ...

In addition to borrowing from his own writing, Jefferson relied on other declarations and pamphlets of the time, including ... the Declaration of Independence with a list of the signers until ...