At the time, Americans weren’t agreed on which day to celebrate. In an article for American Heritage, historian Pauline Maier noted that Pennsylvania newspapers at the time reported that independence ...

July 2, 1776: A Look Back At The Lee Resolution Founding father John Adams wrote: The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. We explain why he was ...

John Adams, for what it's worth, reportedly turned down invitation to July 4 events as he still believed it should be ...

On July 2, 1776, Congress, after succumbing to a demand by South Carolinian delegates to cut an anti-slavery passage out of the drafted Declaration of Independence, ...

image001 (3) Fireworks and barbecues are on July 4, but only 58 percent of Americans know we celebrate our Brexit on that day according to a 2011 poll. Even fewer Americans know that the vote for ...

On July 2, 1776, Lee’s resolution was approved by 12 of the 13 colonies, with New York delegates abstaining over lack of formal instruction on how to vote. One week later, ...

Officially, the Continental Congress declared its freedom from Britain on July 2, 1776, when it approved a resolution and delegates from New York were given permission to make it a unanimous vote.

July 2, 1776: Congress votes in favor of the Lee Resolution and starts to go over the work of the Committee of Five. Not surprisingly there are disputes and disagreements, and a few things get ...

American freedom was born on July 2, 1776 — not the Fourth — and reborn on the same date in 1964 with the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Editorial: July 2 is America's true date of birth ...