Del Norte Public Library

Everyone knows the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776. But did you know that it took until July 9th for General George Washington to get his hands on it? Explore the extreme history of our nation's birth certificate. Did you know earlier colonists had to eat shoe leather to survive? Or that George Washington didn't really want to be president? Learn these cool facts and so much more in this engaging history series. Readers will...

Focuses on the reasons for the Declaration of Independence, its writers and history of the colonies.

Tells how the thirteen colonies united in the desire for independence, selected Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and carried the news of independence across the colonial settlements.