During the Civil War, the precious document was hidden behind wallpaper in a home in Virginia to keep Union soldiers from finding it. Later, it sat in a closet in Kentucky, in a broken frame, ...
Before the parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence was identified, the family had stored the copy in a cardboard box. Courtesy of Seth Kaller Within 40 years of its signing in 1776, the ...
During the Civil War, the precious document was hidden behind wallpaper in a home in Virginia to keep Union soldiers from finding it. Later, it sat in a closet in Kentucky, in a broken frame, ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. This copy of the Declaration of Independence, made in the 1820s, was given to founding father James Madison. Handout During the ...