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title: America's History is Written on Paper | Hammermill
description: 4,400 words, handwritten across four sheets, signed by 39 delegates, heralding the birth of the world’s greatest experiment in liberty.
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# America's history is written on paper.

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# America's history is written on paper.

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## In the beginning, there were 4,400 words, handwritten across four sheets, signed by 39 delegates, heralding the world's greatest experiment in

### Liberty

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## A SPECIAL EDITION, PUBLISHED IN 1969, USED THE LONG-FORM POWER OF PRINT TO TAKE THE WORLD “TO THE MOON AND BACK” AND ILLUMINATE HUMANKIND’S GREATEST DEMONSTRATION OF

### Ingenuity

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## This poster, designed in 1943, reemerged in a Washington Post Magazine article to become an iconic symbol of female

### Empowerment

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## The desires that make us human are as natural as the paper upon which they are proclaimed. Peace, love and understanding are the foundations of

### Freedom

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