Close-up of the top portion of the United States Declaration of Independence, dated July 4, 1776, showing the heading, introduction, and part of the first paragraph in black printed text on aged paper.

Aug

22

Pressing Importance: Salem and the Declaration of Independence Exhibition

by Peabody Essex Museum

Aug

22

Pressing Importance: Salem and the Declaration of Independence Exhibition

by Peabody Essex Museum
Date & Time

August 22

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Organizer
Peabody Essex Museum
978-745-9500
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Venue
Peabody Essex Museum
161 Essex Street
Salem
, MA
01970
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About this Event

Salem’s connections to the Declaration of Independence center around Ezekiel Russell, a local printer who played a key role in publishing and disseminating the Declaration in 1776.

This exhibition coincides with the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution as well as the 400th anniversary of the European settlement of Salem. Works on view in the intimate James Duncan Phillips Trust Gallery include two of the earliest broadside editions of the Declaration of Independence alongside Revolutionary-era manuscripts, newspapers, pamphlets and broadsides that showcase the nation’s founding values of democracy: freedom, liberty and equality.

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