July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American colonies officially separated from Great Britain. As the Fourth of July ...

The resolution declaring independence was approved on July 2nd, not July 4th. On Friday, June 7, 1776 the Resolution for ...

Most Americans are all familiar with the reason we celebrate July Fourth as Independence Day. But do you remember these other ...

This Day in History explores in brief, why July Fourth is celebrated as Independence Day. It was mid-June 1776. The colonies were divided over independence. Caesar Rodney of Delaware, (the real father ...

July 4, 1776, is significant because that is the day Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence document.However, the second Continental Congress actually voted for independence ...

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

Quincy's John Adams did not get his way. The year before, on July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted to officially separate from Great Britain he made a big prediction. John Adams thought ...

While we can’t watch “WONDER WOMAN 1984” at movie theaters this Independence Day, we can take pride in the resilient America of 1776 and the image we still see of her today through the ...

While celebrating our freedom with family reunions, barbecues, fireworks, parades, and baseball, it’s also worth remembering how different America was on that fateful day in 1776 from an ...

On July 3, 1776, the day after the Second Continental Congress voted on a resolution to declare independence from the British, John Adams sent a letter to his wife, Abigail, back home in ...

“Every American should be revisiting June 19 and celebrating when people were truly considered free in America,” said Michael Curry, a member of the National NAACP Board of Directors on Boston Public ...

Since that day, July 4, 1776 has been considered America’s “birthday,” making her 244 years old today. ... Congress passed a law-making Independence Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1870.