On July 4, 1776, the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The nation's founding document is fittingly named the Declaration of Independence, and it outlines how the then-13 ...

ATLANTA — In an effort to show her patriotism following the 4th of July, Georgia U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share some fun “facts” about the ...

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In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

As the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence draws closer, a rededication of the gravesite of Thomas Heyward Jr. was held in Ridgeland, May 3, 2025. Heyward was one of South ...

A number of prominent historians have hit out at House Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene following an X post in which she falsely claimed six key figures from American history had signed the 1776 ...

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships suffered in ...

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina State Fair visitors got the chance to sign a replica of the Declaration of Independence, nearly 250 years after the original document was signed in Philadelphia.

TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 09, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As we are approaching the 250 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, George L. Smith, III, M.D., reflects on the independence of physicians ...