Detroit Free Press

2 Declaration of Independence signers are from RI. Where are they buried?

The Fourth of July is almost here, and this year, the holiday will commemorate 250 years since the founding of the United States. As one of the 13 original colonies, Rhode Island produced many key ...

What you should know about the RIers who helped start the US

Two Rhode Island patriots signed the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago. Here's who they are, and how to visit their ...
PBS

Rhode to Independence

As America marks its 250th anniversary, we explore outsized role Rhode Island played in the Revolution. Hosts Pamela Watts and David Wright trace the Ocean State's path to independence from the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

In 1776, the Declaration of Independence Was Breaking News. Here’s How the Founding Document Reached the American Public

In January 1777, Baltimore printer Mary Katharine Goddard published the first copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. By then, the document was already old news.
The Conversation

I study the Declaration of Independence, and here’s why the colonists’ grievances are surprisingly relevant, 250 years later

The Declaration of Independence, with its block of cursive letters scrawled onto parchment, looks like a relic from the distant past. Likewise, you might think the 27 grievances against King George ...