Don't Know Much About® Independence Week: Declaration 101

In the run-up to the nation's birthday, here are some more things you "need to know" about the Declaration of Independence and the men who created it.

-It's not a "piece of paper." The original version of the Declaration  was "engrossed" (a word for preparing an official document in a large, clear hand) on parchment (which is an animal skin, stretched and treated to preserve it). The Declaration was probably "engrossed" by Timothy Matlack, an assistant to Charles Thompson, the Secretary of...