Print a Copy of the Declaration of Independence!

Join printer Josef Beery as he recreates the first printing of the Declaration of Independence in the South Gallery of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library on Thursday, July 3, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. No tickets required!

Approximately 200 copies were printed by young Philadelphia printer John Dunlap the night the Second Continental Congress ratified the words of Thomas Jefferson. The challenge of setting into type and printing this important document is often overlooked. The morning of July 5 it was sent by horse back far and wide to be reprinted in the young nation's newspapers.

Take this opportunity to print your own free copy of the Declaration on the replica "Franklin" press owned by the University and then walk downstairs to the Declaring Independence exhibit and see one of the two copies of the original Dunlap Broadside, part of the Albert H. Small Declaration of Independence Collection.