He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the ...

The Declaration of Independence is a reminder of the ideals on which the United States was founded, and hope the nation lives ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Discover why the Declaration of Independence remains America's most vital document as we approach the nation's 250th ...

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 ...

It's the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation's grand semiquincentennial ...