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

A giant fair in downtown Washington, a mixed martial arts competition at the White House and a monument honoring national ...

Three US presidents died on July 4, all nation-makers. Two of them, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, died on the same day in ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming that the United States was no ...

The Thirteen British colonies that would become the first of the United States — Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, ...

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

The United States celebrates its 249th Fourth of July this year. Cities around the country will have parades, fireworks and ...

U ntil the founding of the United States of America, the nations of the West did not have to set forth the reasons for their existence and the basis of their authority. Land and blood established ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...