YES!!!!

This. I have seven part-time/consultant positions at the moment. Any writing or peer review I do beyond those contracts--including work on my own book and public-facing project--is unpaid time. Having to say I'm an Independent Scholar feels untrue. I'm just dependent on more than one institution.

This week's story is for fans of footnotes! Read or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories/self-evident-falsehood

Shout out to @boston1775.bsky.social for doing a deep dive on Independence Booth a few years back, when I was first digging into what is now the latest story behind the Declaration of Independence for @declarationstories.bsky.social

Eight stories down, many more to come! 📬 declarationstories.org to read or subscribe Learn about the earliest printings and translations, and all the people involved in the process of declaring independence

Looking for a pocket Declaration of Independence? More than likely, it includes the Constitution. It's SUPER important to read the Constitution, but for the 250th, it's also important to have handheld copies of the Declaration on its own, in its own context. @declarationstories.bsky.social

There are so many interesting stories about the Declaration from 1776--it will be a fun read for the 250th in 2026!

A bit of good news on a Friday: My book exists on the OUP website 🙌 When the Declaration of Independence Was News, coming April 15, 2026! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

A Dunlap broadside left Philadelphia in July 1776 but never reached its intended destination. It will return to Philadelphia for The Declaration's Journey at @amrevmuseum.bsky.social This week's story: declarationstories.org/stories/full-circle Learn more: www.jewishexponent.com/museum-of-th...

“Telling Jonas Phillips’ full story is something the Museum of the American Revolution is uniquely qualified to do, and introducing people who come to the museum to this uniquely Philadelphian story is a great starting point for the exhibition.”

Always good to see @kawulf.bsky.social in action! Talking Lineage and how genealogy really did actually exist in colonial British America

A cat lady, a closet of family papers, and the Declaration of Independence. In this week's story, learn about Isaiah Dunster's broadside, passed down to his daughter Hannah and eventually out of the family. declarationstories.org/stories/in-the-family

If you're going to have a short-lived newspaper, at least let it live through interesting times! That's the story behind the American Gazette, which featured the #DeclarationofIndependence #onthisday in 1776. Read or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories

This makes me so happy 😊 Me and @kawulf.bsky.social, back-to-back on @bfworld.bsky.social!

I swear, we recorded this before alligator prisons were back in the news again

Would love for the president to read the US Declaration of Independence, but failing that, he could read the Liberian Declaration: "We uttered our complaints, but they were unattended to, or only met by alledging the peculiar institutions of the country." babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=md...

How did The City That Reads first get to read the Declaration of Independence? Because of John Dunlap's Baltimore newspaper, printed #onthisday in 1776. But, wasn't John Dunlap in Philadelphia? Get the story at the link, or subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories

Last week's story was all about German translation. What will this week's story be? Subscribe ➡️ declarationstories.org/stories

Book tour loading . . . Get in touch if you want to schedule an event or see an event happen in your area! emilysneff.com

🎧 NEW EPISODE Think there’s just one Declaration of Independence? Historian Emily Sneff joins us to reveal the MANY versions—and how each tells a different story of 1776. #History #USHistory #FourthOfJuly #DeclataionofIndepednence #America250 #Revolution250 🔗 www.benfranklinsworld.com/415

What’s the most asked question about the Declaration of Independence? Emily Sneff has heard them all—and answers some of yours in our latest episode. 📜 Myths, manuscripts, missing minutes—it’s all here. #USHistory #History #America250 #Rev250 #July4th 🎧 www.benfranklinsworld.com/415

This is the one for today. The great @emilysneff.bsky.social and her powerful research on the travels of the Declaration of Independence. #July4th

It’s wonderful to finally have Emily front of mic. She’s a very talented historian and one of the foremost experts on the Declaration of Independence. I hope you enjoy the episode, it’s a fun and fascinating one!

My history with @bfworld.bsky.social goes back years. I've brainstormed with @lizcovart.bsky.social, I've been her intern, I'm very grateful to be her friend, and now I'm her guest! We cover some of the most asked questions about the #DeclarationofIndependence 🎧 Listen to Episode 415!

Subscribe today--you won't want to miss the first story next week!

This wall at the Independence Visitor Center used to be filled with books and now it is... not No offense to the 50th anniversary of Rocky, but as someone who has been working on a book carefully timed for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration, this is not a great look for my city.

Case studies in social media, ratios, and why the history of the American Revolution is difficult to navigate at this anniversary moment: MoAR gets slammed for offering lesser known histories during Pride America250 gets slammed for promoting the Grand Military Parade on the US Army anniversary

ONE MONTH until the Declaration Stories weekly newsletter! You won't want to miss the first story. Subscribe: declarationstories.org/stories

Book manuscript is done and headed to copy editing 🙌 I am looking forward to working with Oxford University Press on the next stages of preparation and production for When the Declaration of Independence Was News, coming spring 2026! In the meantime, enjoy one of my favorite footnotes 😊

YES Dr. @katytelling.bsky.social! 👏

Edited my chapter on the first public readings of the Declaration of Independence this afternoon and thought I was hallucinating when @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social had a clue about July 8, 1776

Spending my birthday with a cup of coffee (okay, several) and book edits (fewer than I was expecting!) No present like the gift of sending things off to be copy edited, right?

It's easy to dunk on the president for this response to the question of what does the Declaration of Independence mean to him. But it actually is a challenging question. Think about how Americans have answered it over the last 250 years. Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harvey Milk...

There's still time to register for the Virtual Workshops for the 250th! Ideal for anyone planning for 2026 May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration May 12: Reading the Declaration May 19: A History of the Fourth of July Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops

If you are planning for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year, register for these upcoming workshops! May 5: What Everyone Should Know About the Declaration May 12: Reading the Declaration May 19: A History of the Fourth of July 👉 www.declarationstories.org/workshops

The Speaker at the Speaker's House! It was such a joy to meet Rep. Joanna McClinton, the Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and see her explore the restoration-in-progress of the home of the guy who had her job 245 years ago. The Speaker's House will open to the public next year!

It is a v weird time to be a historian of 18th c British America. 2026 was always going to be intense but phew.

The Queen of Quaker history is now a Doctor! So proud 🙌

A little bit of *fun* Declaration news, for once. The Phillies pitcher who looks like Nicolas Cage has a new Declaration of Independence glove

At face value, the new-look NEH Public Scholars grant seems designed for me, as a public scholar of the Declaration of Independence. But the description is... troubling. And, not for nothing, a grant that kicks in on June 1, 2026 isn't actually supporting scholarship for July 4, 2026.

Shout out to the historians who know that April 13 isn't important because it's Thomas Jefferson's birthday. It's important because it's @lizcovart.bsky.social's birthday!

It’s always a pleasure and a lot of fun to talk with @lizcovart.bsky.social on @bfworld.bsky.social, and this conversation was no exception!

The 250th anniversary of the United States is too important to fool around with the Declaration of Independence. Make sure you know the history behind the document, and how to talk about it in a meaningful way. Register for the virtual workshops in May: www.declarationstories.org/workshops

These Virtual Workshops for the 250th are a small way to provide content fortification, ideas, and positive energy for this anniversary moment. Please share the word widely! Register: www.declarationstories.org/workshops

🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I started something new: Scholar.DIY — a public benefit company to help scholars turn research into meaningful digital storytelling. 1/6

I remember the good ol' days when I could be jokingly pedantic about people who should know better saying "the signing of the Declaration of Independence" happened on July 4. But now, that's the least problematic alternative fact in this fact sheet. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Some episode highlights, apart from learning about Polly Palmer: - Planning an archival seance with David Rittenhouse - Abigail Adams's smallpox FOMO - A Mercy Otis Warren joke - John Adams's well-meaning condescension toward women

A fun new episode of Your Most Obedient & Humble Servant! @katyghistory.bsky.social & @emilysneff.bsky.social look at one of the very few reactions from a woman about the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Listen on your favorite app or www.r2studios.org/show/your-mo...

Check out this great new episode of Humble Servant featuring @emilysneff.bsky.social to hear the amazing tale of how Polly Palmer received one of the first copies of the Declaration of Independence. #history