Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

South Carolina originally sent five delegates to the Second Continental Congress but only one, Edward Rutledge, remained to ...

The only reason Jefferson could call certain truths 'self-evident' is that he was living in a world shaped by Judeo-Christian ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - As we celebrate Independence Day, the National Archives in Washington, D.C. is letting the public view ...

Frederick Douglass 1852 speech both extolls principles in the Declaration of Independence (and Constitution) and condemns ...

July Fourth is a reminder that the most patriotic act is not blind ceremony. Instead, it’s the resolve to resist tyranny.

Independence Day falls on a Friday in 2025, kicking off a star-spangled three-day weekend packed with fireworks, festivals ...

A rare broadside of the "Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy ...

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Independence Day occurs as this imperfect union faces an existential threat. President Donald ...

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...