Talk:United States Declaration of Independence

Discussion at WT:MOSCAPS § Founding Fathers of the United States
You are invited to join the discussion at WT:MOS § Founding Fathers of the United States on whether the expression "founding fathers" should be in lower or upper case. Thanks. Allreet (talk) 22:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)


 * upper case also "United States" needed "of America" after it every mention of.
 * "United States"(PRIVATELY OWNED) is different than "United States of America". "United States" Corporation was started yet. Therefore always should and must add/use "of America" 104.234.8.63 (talk) 05:15, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

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This discussion affects this page and may be of interest to topic editors. It concerns the navbox Historical American Documents. Thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:52, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

is the founding document of the United States
Websites for the government of the United States tend to say that the United States' founding documents consists of The Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Other internet searches also say that there are "founding documents" for the United States but they do not say there is "the founding document" for this country. I have not yet found a source that says that the Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the United States. One way around this inconsistency is to say in the Wikipedia article something like: "This founding document" in referring to the Declaration of Independence. KentLStevens (talk) 02:02, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 July 2024
The word "in" is missing in this sentence from the article:

In January 1776, Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, which described the uphill battle against the British for independence as a challenging but achievable and necessary objective, was published Philadelphia.

It should read:

In January 1776, Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense, which described the uphill battle against the British for independence as a challenging but achievable and necessary objective, was published in Philadelphia.

Thank you! Dvollans2 (talk) 09:44, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

- Done! Thanks for catching this. CAVincent (talk) 10:40, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

The Paine quote:

These are the times that try men's souls; the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. ..

is from The American Crisis, not Common Sense. 73.65.116.30 (talk) 03:22, 17 July 2024 (UTC)