Americans spent an estimated total of $13.3 billion on food and beverages for the Fourth of July. As we come together to ...

The 8’ x 10‘ oil painting was made in Ohio by Archibald McNeal Willard (1836-1918) for our country’s 100th year anniversary.

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence, primarily authored by Thomas ...

Independence Day, celebrated every year on July 4, marks the birth of the United States as an independent nation. It ...

The Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The occasion honours the ...

We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 ...

They died on the same day: The Fourth of July, 1826 – 50 years to the day after the Declaration. Historians say that Adams’ final words were: “Thomas Jefferson survives,” as if consoling himself with ...

You can read the full text of the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights on the National Archives website at www.archives.gov/founding-docs.

At the time, Americans weren’t agreed on which day to celebrate. In an article for American Heritage, historian Pauline Maier ...

Against such a backdrop of government-sponsored cruelty, corruption and shameless profiteering at taxpayer expense, what, to ...

The 4th of July is a federal holiday in the United States that commemorates the Continental Congress’s signing of the ...

We celebrate the Declaration of Independence as the “opening act” for a series of “main events” that laid the foundation of ...