On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence ... Each year on the fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, Americans celebrate this historic event. Conflict between the ...

The easy answer is that July 4 is celebrated because that's the day in 1776 when the country declared its freedom from British rule by signing the Declaration of Independence, which was written ...

1776. Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, “addressed to the inhabitants of America,” was a 47-page dynamo presenting the recently immigrated Englishman’s clear case for America’s independence ...

When we fire up the grill on the Fourth of July, few of us take time to consider what “independence” is all about. We live in the land of liberty. We celebrate freedom. But independence? The ...

"The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. ..." The echoes of independence would continue to be heard throughout the lives of both Adams and Jefferson ...

What follows is part of an editorial we ran in this space in 2003. We thought then it was appropriate for the Fourth of July and think it is worth repeating. “I am apt to believe it will be ...

A copy of the Declaration of Independence known as the July 1776 Essex Broadside will go on the block later this month. Courtesy of Sotheby's Later this month, Sotheby’s will auction off a rare ...

A score is equal to 20 years, so President Lincoln was referring in his address to a time 87 years ago — or 1776 — when the Declaration of Independence was adopted. 9 of 10 ...

A rare printing of the Declaration of Independence will hit the auction ... to hammer down for up to $4 million. Printed in July 1776, the Essex Broadside is attributed to Robert Luist Fowle ...

The Englishman’s pamphlet helped spur the 13 colonies to declare independence from Britain Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent It was Philadelphia in the winter of 1776. In the few years prior, ...