Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- ADAMS
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration, a coincidence so remarkable that many Americans at the time took it as a sign of providence.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- QUILL
- The Declaration was signed with a quill pen, as was every important document of the era, a sharpened feather whose scratching sound accompanied the most consequential signatures in American history.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- PURSUIT
- Jefferson's draft originally read 'life, liberty, and property,' but the final Declaration famously replaced 'property' with the now-immortal phrase: 'the pursuit of happiness.'Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- BELL
- The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia is traditionally said to have been rung to celebrate the first public reading of the Declaration on July 8, 1776, and its iconic crack has made it a symbol of hard-won freedom ever since.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Declaration of Independence: Signed and Celebrated: a free large-print word search
Declaration of Independence word search, free and large-print. John Hancock signed big, most others in August 1776, and we still read it every Fourth.
About The Declaration of Independence: Signed and Celebrated
On August 2, 1776, most of the fifty-six delegates to the Continental Congress stepped forward to sign their names to a document that had formally declared the colonies' break from Britain, and their belief that all men are created equal and endowed with certain unalienable rights. The document they signed was engrossed by Timothy Matlack and now rests in the National Archives in Washington, D.C. where it is displayed alongside the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Every Fourth of July, Americans honor that act of courage with bell-ringing, public readings, and the words of Thomas Jefferson echoing from courthouse steps to backyard cookouts across the country.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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