On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named the Declaration of Independence, and it outlines how the then-13 ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the day is also referred to as Independence Day). This day was when the Declaration ...

RIDGELAND — The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 is imbued with so much significance and gravitas in the American psyche that 250 years later it's easy to overlook how much personal ...

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships suffered in ...

The borough of Catasauqua hosted a special reading of the Declaration of Independence Thursday. This is the 10th year the event has been held at the George Taylor House. George Taylor was one of the ...

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A number of prominent historians have hit out at House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene following an X post in which she falsely claimed six key figures from American history had signed the 1776 ...

Think Florida has no connection to the Declaration of Independence? Actually Florida played a large role in the lives of four of the signers, three of whom celebrated the first Independence Day in ...