The big day is July 4, 2026. It’ll mark a quarter millennium since the final text of the Declaration of Independence was ...

The American Revolution didn’t end with the July 4, 1776, signing of the Declaration of Independence – it was just the ...

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared something revolutionary to the world: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Never mind that “men” meant ...

Karl Rove says that we’re focused on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence because it is “What Made America Great” (op-ed, July 3). Fair enough, but without June 17, 1775, there ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - People in Charleston had the chance to hear the text of the Declaration of Independence read aloud for the first time in August 1776. The Second Continental Congress adopted ...