Description

Photograph of The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

Followed by full text in a legible font and easy to read format.

Courtesy of our award-winning technical writing staff, you have our permission to copy and distribute this entire document electronically, on your web page, via email, facebook, twitter, etc., on the condition that you not change any of it, the links remain intact, and no edits are made.

To print it, print pages 1 (the photo); and pages 3 through 8 for the legible text in an easy to read format created by our staff. You have our permission to print pages 1 and 3-8 separately from the other pages and to copy and distribute those pages as they are on the condition that you not change any of it, the headers remain intact, and no edits are made.