To commemorate the 250 th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the John Benning Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution will provide the opportunity for children to sign ...

You might imagine the Declaration of Independence as a piece of parchment under glass, but in 1776, it was breaking news.

July 4, 1776, is an important date in American history that is widely considered the birthday of the United States of America. But some people argue that Aug. 2 should actually be America's birthday, ...

The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...

Editor’s note: Jim McClure will read the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 4 at First Presbyterian Church, 225 E. Market St., York. This is part of the annual Daughters of the American ...

The only known surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence printed south of Philadelphia is back in Charleston, where a ...

The design is one of several coin denominations, and the third of five new quarters, made specially for the country’s semiquincentennial ...

The Fourth of July is the most prominent all-American holiday — the birthday of our country — even though celebrating the Fourth didn’t become common until after 1815, and Independence Day wasn’t made ...

Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost.