We’re republishing the text of the Declaration of Independence in full today on America’s 249th birthday. In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of ...

Created 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776.

On July 4, 2025, the United States of America celebrates Independence Day, marking the 249th anniversary of its declaration of independence from British rule in 1776. While it is now a day of ...

The National Archives says that the Second Continental Congress adopted the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, formally severing ties with Britain.

The Declaration is sometimes championed by right-libertarians and left-liberals alike as a paean to individualism and a refutation of communitarianism of any kind.

The United States of America will be 249 years old on July 4, 2025, marking when it was founded, according to the date when the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776.