On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence ... the original copy of the Declaration is housed in the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and the fourth of July has been ...

Let freedom ring—and the fireworks bang! Here's your complete guide to the 4th of July and why we celebrate it. The post What ...

On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named the Declaration of Independence, and it outlines how the then-13 ...

and maybe even hear the Declaration of Independence read aloud again (they do that a lot here). Gatlinburg is always the first city in the U.S. to celebrate the holiday with its Fourth of July ...

July 4, 2021 3:32 p.m. American colonists drafted plenty of documents before the Declaration of Independence. In a fledgling Westmoreland County that, officially speaking, was only two years old ...