Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named ...
The original printing is just one of 26 known remaining copies, and one of three located west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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As the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence draws closer, a rededication of the gravesite of Thomas Heyward Jr. was held in Ridgeland, May 3, 2025. Heyward was one of South ...
Charles Carroll, an American patriot and the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence, lived two-plus centuries ago, but his legacy comes to life — and lasting importance — in a ...
A traveling exhibit exploring the global impact of the Declaration of Independence opens will spend a month at Otis Library ...
After spending years in storage, Louisville officials unveiled a rare copy of the Declaration of Independence to the public ...
The Fourth of July is the most prominent all-American holiday — the birthday of our country — even though celebrating the Fourth didn’t become common until after 1815, and Independence Day wasn’t made ...
Editor’s note: Jim McClure will read the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 4 at First Presbyterian Church, 225 E. Market St., York. This is part of the annual Daughters of the American ...