Topic: Ideas & Ideologies
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Congress Voting Independence
This painting depicts the members of the Continental Congress as they voted in Philadelphia on Richard Henry Lee’s motion for independence. The vote occurred on July 2, 1776. On July...
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Copy of Declaration of Independence
This image of the Declaration of Independence was printed more than forty years after the original. Produced with engraved writing and copies of the signatures, the document also presents portraits...
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Crowd Supporting Lech Walesa
In Poland, this labor union, Solidarity, led the fight for democracy in the 1980s. Non-violent and anti-communist, Solidarity survived government repression to become a major political force. The movement’s leader,...
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Declaration of Independence
This document is a large, handwritten copy of the Declaration of Independence. Although the Declaration had been approved and printed on July 4, 1776, Congress later ordered the drafting of...
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Declaration of Independence
This is an engraving of John Trumbull’s monumental painting, The Declaration of Independence. Begun in Paris during the 1780s, Trumbull called on Jefferson’s recollections of events in making the composition....Media › audio
Declaration of Independence (Audio)
This is a dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence. Although the Declaration had been approved and printed on July 4, 1776, Congress later ordered the drafting of an engrossed,...
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Declaration of Independence by Stone
This document is a copy of the Declaration of Independence produced in 1823. As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams came to believe that the original Declaration was fading over...
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Declaration of Independence by Tyler
This document is a copy of the Declaration of Independence. Producedin 1818 by Benjamin Owen Tyler of Washington, D.C., Tyler was the first engraver to publish a handwritten reproduction of...
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Declaration of Sentiments
This document is the Declaration of Sentiments issued by the participants in the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. At this gathering in upstate New York, 342 women and men wrote...
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