Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a quintessential American holiday in 1776, when the Second Continental Congress ...

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The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected ...

With one voice, the 56 representatives from 13 olonies announced to the world the birth of a new nation they named the United States of America. From the Declaration of Independence, comes the ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 246 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 247 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...