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- Type: Article
The Declaration of the Causes and of the Necessity of Taking up Arms
Independence National Historical Park
Independence Hall
- Type: Place
Independence Hall is the birthplace of the United States. In 1776, the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence here. Eleven years later, in the same room, delegates to the Constitutional Convention created and signed an enduring framework of government - the United States Constitution.
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park
Pollinator Garden
- Type: Place
The pollinator garden at Resaca de la Palma Battlefield helps provide plants for use by local wildlife in a landscape where their habitat is highly fragmented.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
Thomas Stone
- Type: Person
Could you willingly make a decision that could cost you, your property, your possessions, or even your life? That is the question men like Thomas Stone had to make once the decision was made to create the Declaration of Independence. It was not an easy decision to make.
- Type: Article
Fort Des Moines is a military installation in Des Moines, Iowa. During World War I, the fort served as the first and only training site for African American officers. During World War II, Fort Des Moines was the first training site for the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women’s Army Corps (WAC), and the only training site for WAC and WAAC officers.
War In The Pacific National Historical Park
The Sinking of the SMS Cormoran and the First US Shots of World War I
- Type: Article
On December 13, 1914, the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Cormoran, out of fuel and cut off from Germany by World War I, took refuge from Japanese warships in Guam. The ship spent the next two years interned in Apra Harbor. When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, the Cormoran's captain blew up the ship rather than let her fall into enemy hands.
- Type: Person
Cuff Whittemore was present at Battle Road in Capt. Benjamin Locke's militia. He later enlisted in Arlington, Massachusetts in Capt. Benjamin Locke’s company, in Col. Thomas Gardner’s regiment, and was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the redoubt.
Boston National Historical Park
John Hancock
- Type: Person
Most famous for his elegant signature on the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock lived a life near the political center of Boston. His wealth and popularity led to a highly successful political career and a place as one of the Founders of the United States.
- Type: Article
From July 1775 through April 1776, General George Washington used the abandoned Vassall House in Cambridge as his military headquarters during the Siege of Boston. In order to organize, administer, and command the army, Washington relied on his council of war, comprised of the senior-ranking general officers, and his "military family," comprised of the staff of secretaries and aides de camp at headquarters.
- Type: Person
A lawyer and influential secretary to George Washington, Robert Harrison helped manage the paperwork and communication for Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Despite personal struggles, he left Virginia in the beginning of the war to serve as an aide-de-camp at Washington’s headquarters in Cambridge. Harrison became a trusted and dependable secretary to Washington during the war and went on to become the chief judge of Maryland.
- Type: Place
Edificio Comunidad de Orgullo Gay de Puerto Rico, commonly known as “Casa Orgulllo,” served as the meeting hall for the first official gay/lesbian organization established in Puerto Rico. Founded in 1974, Comunidad de Orgullo Gay was the first organized attempt to confront social, political and legal discrimination against the local LGBTQ community.
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Val-Kill
- Type: Place
From a place she called Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt wrote books and newspaper columns, served as the first U.S. delegate to the United Nations, chaired the committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Val-Kill was a center of her development as activist, humanitarian, diplomat, and one of the most consequential leaders of the twentieth century.
Acadia National Park
Oldfarm: Station Eight
- Type: Place
Sieur de Monts National Monument
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Home of Daisy and L.C. Bates
- Type: Place
The Daisy and L.C. Bates Home is nationally significant for its role as the de facto command post during the Central High School desegregation crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Type: Person
John Laurens, born to a wealthy planter family in South Carolina, received a republican education in Switzerland and England. Upon his return to South Carolina to fight in the American Revolution, he radically proposed to recruit slaves as soldiers in return for their freedom. An aide-de-camp to General Washington and later a lieutenant colonel of the Continental Army with a field command, he served bravely in many key battles, only to die in a meaningless skirmish in 1782.
- Type: Article
Do the inscriptions in the Jefferson Memorial represent Thomas Jefferson's beliefs and philosophies? In this education activity for 8th-12th grade, students will compare an inscription in the memorial to an earlier draft, and to the original text of the Declaration of Independence. They will analyze how shortening or editing a quotation can change its meaning. To extend the lesson, they will compose their own suggestion for an inscription in taken from the Declaration.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
A Commemorative Engraving
- Type: Article
Benjamin Owen Tyler's engraving was considered the "first correct copy," enabling individual Americans to possess a reproduction of the Declaration of Independence. This copy was designed to look like the famous handwritten version with the signature of Thomas Stone and the 55 other signers.
Thomas Stone National Historic Site
William Stone Arrives in the New World
- Type: Article
William Stone came to Virginia from England in 1628. He was appointed as governor of Maryland in 1648 due to his Protestantism. Stone served during a time of religious conflict in the colony, leading to his removal from office, defeat in battle and imprisonment. Upon his release, Stone was awarded property in Charles County, where he built Poynton Manor. Stone's descendants included a Maryland governor, a U.S. Congressman, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Minute Man National Historical Park
Patriots' Weekend 2019
- Type: Article
This year marked the 244th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts. As the tradition has been since Massachusetts declared the third Monday of the Month as “Patriot’s Day” visitors turn out to experience the offerings in Minute Man National Historical Park as well as area communities which were involved on that day in 1775.
- Type: Article
This guide is intended to help teachers engage students on topics connected to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. This commemoration goes beyond studying the document itself. The Declaration outlined values and promises for what kind of country the United States could be. Find lesson plans and other resources to help you talk about themes related to the American Revolution.