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Rescuing the People’s Parchment
Fifty years after its signing, the Declaration of Independence had deteriorated distressingly. A new book traces its subsequent graphic elaborations and the commissioning of the iconic facsimile we know today.
The Declaration in Script and Print: A Visual History of America’s Founding Document
by John Bidwell
November 21, 2024 issue