In commemoration of the Fourth of July: The Declaration of Independence

Editor’s note: this post was originally published in 2020, but it remains relevant every year, so we’re republishing it!

WILLITS, 7/4/20 — Two-hundred and forty-four years ago today, in Philadelphia, the Declaration of Independence was signed and sent to the printers for publication, and so we are reproducing here in its entirety. If you have never read it, it’s well worth a few minutes and is a fairly short document, at only about 1330 words.