Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence is a miscellaneous item in Fallout 3.

Background
The Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announcing that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were no longer a part of the British Empire. It was written primarily by Thomas Jefferson as an expansion of the Lee Resolution, enacted two days earlier, for public consumption. The then Provence of New York abstained from the Declaration and then later declared its own independence on July 9, 1776. The other delegates signed the document one at a time, becoming fully signed on August 2, 1776.

The Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. The birthday of the United States of America is called Independence Day which is celebrated on July 4, the day the wording of the Declaration was approved by Congress.

Characteristics
The Declaration of Independence is a regular quest item, with no purpose beyond fulfilling the quest.

Locations
The Declaration of Independence is found in the ruins of D.C's National Archives.

Related quests

 * Stealing Independence - it can be recovered by the Lone Wanderer for the Rivet City historian Abraham Washington.