One of 26 original remaining copies of the US Declaration of Independence has gone on display in Northern Ireland in PRONI_DFC
One of 26 original remaining copies of the US Declaration of Independence has gone on display in Northern Ireland.
The US Special Envoy, Joe Kennedy III, was the guest of honour at the exhibition's opening on Thursday. Instead, they were printed by Dunlap as a way to inform the public about the declaration and were put up in public places.At the time, Dunlap's printing house made 200 copies. Only 26 are now known to exist.It said: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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