John Hancock was first to sign Declaration of Independence, the first governor of Massachusetts and president of the Second ...

Wikimedia Commons/John Trumbull The 1776 Declaration of Independence Signing Most people think the Declaration of ...

The initial marking of the historic spot came in the late 1890s, in conjuction with the building of a new City Hall. The ...

Written by Thomas Jefferson, the declaration was called the “Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms” and drafted this week in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress.

Independence Village of Avon Lake, 345 Lear Road, is recognizing resident Doug Brogan, who recently was named a 2025 recipient of the Ohio Masters Swim Club Lifetime Achievement Award, according ...

Our Declaration of Independence is undoubtedly one of our country’s greatest treasures. With their pens, courage and God-given wisdom, the Founding Fathers built a bedrock of individual ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - On July 8, 1776, Colonel John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. The declaration, signed four days earlier, was brought outside the ...

Concord unleashed to the world America's musical contributions, which sprang from our universal appeal as a nation.

What’s New in NumisMaster: Independence Day-Themed Bank Notes Celebrate independence with a look at bank notes from around the world that honor the anniversaries of nations achieving statehood, ...

Mark Hill is determined to put copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution inside every school in America.

Fifty-six delegates signed a Declaration of Independence, famously stating ... because his troops fired into a protesting crowd in Boston on March 5, 1770, killing 5 colonials. That, plus “a long ...