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

Just two years after it was bought for $4, it was sold at Sotheby’s for $2,420,000, establishing a record at the time for any ...

It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.

The U.S. gained independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776. Learn about the Declaration of Independence, the American ...

The American Revolution was a turning point in modern history. It was one of the first successful movements to overthrow ...

This Fourth of July marks the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, but there are several dates that are related to ...

Americans celebrate the 4th of July to honor the 1776 adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The day includes fireworks ...

On July 4, 1776, the United States Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, was signed. A note, most signatories wouldn’t sign until ...

The Sarah Riggs Humphreys-Mary Silliman Chapter, NSDAR, Inc. reminds everyone that July 4th is a time to celebrate our freedoms our ancestors fought ...

The Stamp Act of 1765 placed a tariff on printed paper such as legal documents, ... The first draft of the Declaration of Independence was presented to Congress on June 28, ...

For more than a century, scholars and researchers searched for a printed version of Haiti's Declaration of Independence. In December 1952, the Haitian intellectual Edmond Mangonès wrote to his country ...

Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence, which was accepted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, but the majority of the delegates did not sign it until August 2, 1776.