On This Day In 1776, The Declaration Went To Print

The short version
- Congress had approved the Declaration of Independence the day before.
- Now the words had to leave Philadelphia.
The story
It was Friday, July 5, 1776. Congress had approved the Declaration of Independence the day before. Now the words had to leave Philadelphia. John Dunlap, about 29, the official printer to Congress, worked through the night turning the text Congress had approved into broadsides, large printed sheets that messengers could carry, post, read aloud, and […]
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