Editor's Note: The following is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling and punctuation reflect the original. In Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When...
You Have Two Extra Days to Pay Your Taxes. And Take This Quiz.
“Tax Day,” the day when U.S. individual tax returns are due, is usually April 15. This year Americans get until April 17 to file their returns because April 15 falls on a Sunday and April 16 is Emancipation Day in Washington, marking President Abraham Lincoln’s signing of the Compensated Emancipation...