By Jordan Bontke Click here for updates on this story PHOENIX (KNXV) — A Valley ophthalmologist is giving us a rare glimpse ...

People gathered Tuesday at the Berks County Services Center to commemorate the first local reading of the document.

The festival includes Revolutionary-era military encampments, musters, and re-enactments, as well as demonstrations of ...

After years of escalating tension between his majesty George III’s government and American colonial leaders, a Revolutionary War had begun in April 1775. More provocations and tension followed. By the ...

The first-ever Independence Day took place in 1776—yet there are several homes across the U.S. that pre-date that historic ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch of America250FL, Florida's "official hub for the yearlong commemoration." ...

To obtain and maintain the right to question our leaders is one of the reasons we chose to end our relationship with King ...

For the 249th time, Americans are getting ready to haul out the hot dogs and fire up the fireworks for the nation’s big ...

Over time, the Fourth of July became etched in public memory as the date of independence, largely because it was the day Americans first saw the finished document. It became symbolic, representing the ...

“Today you reap the fruits of their success,” Douglass told his audience. “The freedom gained is yours, and you, therefore, ...

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

News of the Declaration of Independence reached Great Britain in August 1776 and ignited a media frenzy, according to the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching about ...