How old is America in 2025? Here's what to know about United States Independence Day and the meaning behind Fourth of July.

This Independence Day, as we fire up the grills and look up to the skies ablaze with fireworks, let us also light the torch ...

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

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...

On this day 249 years ago, Isaiah Thomas, publisher of the Massachusetts Spy newspaper and a onetime Worcester postmaster, ...

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

By this Declaration, Americans asserted their unwillingness to be serfs or vassals to an unaccountable ruler, but rather as ...

July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American colonies officially separated from Great Britain. As the Fourth of July ...

The Declaration of Independence is about radical opposition to state power. The Declaration takes a stand against political ...

The George Taylor House plays host Friday, July 4, 2025, to a reading of the Declaration of Independence that takes place ...

On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...

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