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 ...

Browse through these American flag pictures. Thomas Jefferson ... swear his loyalty to the king. “Original Declaration of Independence dated July 4th 1776” is written on the back of the ...

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 ...

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of each other on July 4, 1826 — the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was 83 and Adams was 90.