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The Declaration in the News
- Declaration of Independence Southwick Broadside Install and Ribbon Cutting Video - May 3, 2018
- History of the Declaration of Independence - a talk given by David Konig, professor of law and professor emeritus of history at Washington University in St. Louis, on July 3, 2018, about the history of the Declaration of Independence and the importance of Washington University Libraries' rare copy of the document.
- A Declaration and a Mystery - HEC-TV video on the Declaration of Independence
- Hold That Thought - The Southwick Broadside" - Listen to this episode of the Hold That Thought podcast with Cassie Brand, Curator of Rare Books
- Anniversaries of Independence - Part I & Part II The program—entitled Anniversaries of Independence—celebrated two important milestones in the fight for equality and freedom: the centennial of the 19th Amendment (giving women the right to vote) and the centennial of the founding of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Part I of this program featured an abridged reading of the speech “The Declaration of the Rights of the Women of the United States” (July 4, 1876), and Part II was a panel discussion on women’s suffrage and the ACLU featuring Elizabeth Katz, associate professor of law at Washington University, and Miranda Rectenwald, Washington University Libraries’ curator of Local History.
- What Happened on July 4? Not What You Might Think: Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence Now on View at Washington University, The Source, June 13, 2018
- Declaration of Independence Exhibit Now Open in Olin Library, University Libraries Blog, May 2, 2018
- Washington University Receives a Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 1, 2016
- Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence to Display at Washington University, Fox2 Now, July 1, 2016
- Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence to Go on Display at Washington U, St. Louis Business Journal, July 1, 2016.
- University Receives Rare Copy of Declaration of Independence, The Source, June 30, 2016
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- Extremely Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence, Once Hidden Behind Wallpaper, Surfaces, Fox News, February 27, 2018
- A Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Survived the Civil War Hidden Behind Wallpaper, The Washington Post, February 18, 2018
- Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence to be sold in Potsdam on Saturday, NCPR, November 8, 2017
- Newly Discovered Copy of Declaration of Independence Will be Auctioned, NYTimes, October 5, 2017
- Second Copy of Declaration of Independence Discovered, CNN, April 24, 2017
- A New Parchment Declaration of Independence Surfaces, NYTimes, April 21, 2017