INDEPENDENCE DAY AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

https://www.archives.gov/news/topics/july4

Declaration250.gov

Crafts

• Calligraphy Sheet
• Patriotic Drum
• Patriotic Windsock

Cooking Activities

• Ice Cream Sundae
• Thomas Jefferson’s Macaroni and Cheese
• Abigail Adams’s Apple Pan Dowdy

Activities

• Coloring/Activity Book
• Faulkner Mural of the Declaration of Independence Coloring Page
• Faulkner Mural of the U.S. Constitution—Remember the Ladies Coloring Page
• Printable Declaration of Independence
• Sign the Declaration of Independence Online

Founders Online

Read the actual words written by our nation’s founders on Founders Online.

• [The Stamp Act, 1765] from the Autobiography of John Adams
• To Benjamin Franklin from a Committee of Boston Merchants, December 29, 1769
• Indictment and Arraignment of Preston, The Soldiers, and The Civilians: March, September 7, 1770
• General Orders, December 30, 1775
• Letter from Phillis Wheatley to George Washington, October 26, 1775
• Letter from George Washington to Phillis Wheatley, February 28, 1776
• Letter from Abigail Adams to John Adams, March 31, 1776
• Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776
• Letter from George Washington to John Hancock, July 3, 1776
• Letter from John Adams to Samuel Chase, July 9, 1776
• Bill Concerning Inoculation for Smallpox, December 1777
• Thomas Jefferson’s notes on macaroni (1789)