{"id":29635,"date":"2026-07-04T11:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=29635"},"modified":"2026-07-04T11:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:01:46","slug":"happy-250th-anniversary-usa-rare-copy-of-us-declaration-of-independence-found-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=29635","title":{"rendered":"Happy 250th Anniversary USA \u2013 Rare Copy of US Declaration of Independence Found in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An extremely rare copy of the Declaration of Independence of the United States has been found in the National Archives of Britain in Kew, causing excitement among historians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The document was discovered by chance by a volunteer sorting through Royal Navy archives, without initially knowing its significance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to researchers, it is one of only 11 copies printed in New Hampshire in July 1776, with the aim of quickly spreading the news of American independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This particular copy was seized by the Royal Navy during the war, when British ships spotted and captured an American vessel off the coast of Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, it has remained in the archives without its historical value being recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials at the National Archives called the find \u201can extraordinary discovery,\u201d noting that its significance lies in both its rarity and the fact that it was found in Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After conservation and restoration work, the document will be on public display as part of the \u201cRevolution 250\u201d exhibition, offering a rare glimpse into a crucial part of American history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An extremely rare copy of the Declaration of Independence of the United States has been found in the National Archives of Britain in Kew,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[390,819],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29638,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29635\/revisions\/29638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/29637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}