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

(The Conversation) — 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Declaration of Independence did more than assert the Colonies' independence from Britain. iStock/Getty Images Plus A crowd ...

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The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Every July 4th, we celebrate the approval of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress in 1776. But did you know it wasn’t signed until weeks later and that ...

July 4 is a red- white- and blue-letter day to recall the Declaration of Independence. Who better to give insights about it than Archbishop Fulton Sheen? As perceptive and prophetic as ever of what ...

We love a nice round number—and 250 years since the U.S. War of Independence began is too significant to pass up. Somehow in fifty years of living on the East Coast, I haven’t toured Philadelphia’s ...

The parchment -- auctioned off Thursday in Philadelphia -- was actually just one of only a few dozen known remaining copies of the Declaration printed by master engraver William Stone.