Years of public display have faded and worn this treasured document.
Declaration of independence kept. The declaration of independence constitution and bill of rights have been stored in a special 50 ton steel and concrete vault since they were transferred to the national archives building from. Military rebellion civil strife acts of heroism acts of treachery a thousand greater and lesser clashes between defenders of the old order and supporters of the new all these occurrences and more have marked the emergences of new nations large and small. On july 19. The united states declaration of independence is the pronouncement adopted by the second continental congress meeting at the pennsylvania state house now known as independence hall in philadelphia pennsylvania on july 4 1776 the declaration explained why the thirteen colonies at war with the kingdom of great britain regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states no longer.
Nations come into being in many ways. The official declaration of america s independence from britain may be dated july 4 1776 but the story of the thomas jefferson s hallowed document really begins two weeks later. Today it is maintained under the most exacting archival conditions possible. The condition of the parchment declaration of independence is a sign of the place it has held in the hearts of many americans.
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature s god entitle them a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should. Text of the declaration of independence. Nw between 7th 9th st washington dc 20408 metro. At night when the crowds have all gone home the.
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