Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Created 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress ...

More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — are famous. But the woman whose name also appears on the document, or at ...

Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence on the afternoon of July 4, 1776. What happened next? A little-known sequence of events tells the story. It speaks volumes about the ...

It’s the summer of 1776, and the nation is ready to declare independence … if only our founding fathers can agree to do it! 1776 follows John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania ...

The musical focuses on the debates and arguments among the founders in the months leading up to the signing of the ...

Chris Leonard, left, and Carmel Patrick, right, at last year’s Fourth of July event in Schenectady. Leonard and Patrick were the driving forces behind organizing the ceremony in Schenectady. Nearly ...

The Declaration of Independence located at the New York Public Library. Photo by Jonathan Blanc / NYPL. On July 9, 1776, a copy of the Declaration of Independence was delivered to George Washington’s ...

In between today's cookouts, pool parties and fireworks, it's important to remember Philadelphia's role in the birth of America. In the late 18th century, the city hosted the First and Second ...

In 1776, Thomas Paine set a revolutionary tone rejecting the King: “But where, say some, is the King of America? … as far as we approve of monarchy… in America the law is king.” The American ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Created 1776, The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress ...