On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain.

The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is honored with new mural in Independence Park. Charlotte is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence with public ...

As we gather to celebrate the Fourth of July, we are reminded not only of the fireworks and festivities but also of the significant historical event that this day commemorates—the adoption of the ...

Miami University’s Center for Civics, Culture, and Society hosted Liberty’s Echoes: Global Reverberations of the Declaration of Independence, a two-day conference held April 9-10 at the Armstrong ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. artisteer/Getty Images Five men in historical attire discuss documents at a round table, with bookshelves and a fireplace in the ...

There is a moment for every American when she first encounters the Declaration of Independence. For most, it comes to her as scripture — the highest and most sacred text in the nation’s civic religion ...

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers carried the printed version by ...

A traveling exhibit exploring the global impact of the Declaration of Independence opens Feb. 23 at Otis Library in Norwich. "Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy" will be on display in ...

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

Correia Middle School students were honored for their prize-winning documentaries in C-SPAN’s annual Student Cam competition. C-SPAN, a public affairs network created in 1979 as a nonprofit public ...