Signed by 56 congressional delegates it was, the Declaration of Independence is what set the US on its own path as a country ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

At a meeting of patriotic societies held in Philadelphia on Independence Day, special attention was called to the condition of the graveyard in which lies the remains of John ...

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 ...

It was read publicly for the first time on July 8 by Colonel John Nixon at what is now Independence Square in Philadelphia. The Declaration of Independence was not signed, however, until Aug. 2, 1776.

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...

John Taylor Gilman, portrayed by Bob Kilham, reads the Declaration of Independence in downtown Exeter.

John Morton. George Clymer. James Smith. George Taylor. ... Claiming that the average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was 44 is NOT a flex when the Founders life expectancy ...

July 4, 1776: Congress approves the Declaration of Independence.A “fair copy” is signed by President of Congress John Hancock. This is then rushed to printer John Dunlap, who works through the ...