Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain ...

July 4, 1776, is an important date in American history that is widely considered the birthday of the United States of America ...

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a ...

It's the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation's grand semiquincentennial ...

The United States marks 249 years of independence this July 4. Here is the Declaration of Independence.

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

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

Jefferson and Adams ensured that the Declaration captured the hearts of Americans with different religious sensibilities.

Two historic copies of the Declaration of Independence are on display temporarily inside the New Hampshire State House, where ...