Which newspaper first published the Declaration of Independence, now remembered in America250 history?

The Pennsylvania Evening Post was the first newspaper to publish the Declaration of Independence, an early media milestone behind America250.

The Philadelphia newspaper printed the Declaration on the front page of its July 6, 1776, issue, two days after Congress approved the document. Benjamin Towne produced the paper, which supported the Patriot cause during the American Revolution.

The newspaper had begun publication in January 1775. It initially appeared three times per week before becoming the first daily newspaper published in the United States. Its printing office stood on Front Street near the London Coffee House in Philadelphia.

The Pennsylvania Evening Post should not be confused with the first printed broadsides of the Declaration. John Dunlap printed roughly 200 broadsides soon after Congress approved the text, while the Pennsylvania Evening Post was the first newspaper to reproduce it. That distinction matters because a broadside was a separately printed sheet, not a newspaper issue.