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

July 4, 1776, is an important date in American history that is widely considered the birthday of the United States of America ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 247 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2, 1776. Many people may assume it was signed on July 4, the day it was officially adopted by Congress, but it took nearly a full month to get ...

The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. ... The Declaration of Independence was not signed, however, until Aug. 2, 1776.

Drafted mostly by Thomas Jefferson, a prominent lawyer and planter from Virginia (and later the third president of the United States between 1801–09), the Declaration of Independence features the ...

T his week the United States of America will celebrate the 242nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. If the weatherman is to be believed, this July 4th will be an ...

The United States Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights have gone on display in the UK for the first time as part of a new exhibition at the British Library. Commemorating the 800 years ...