After years of escalating tension between his majesty George III’s government and American colonial leaders, a Revolutionary War had begun in April 1775. More provocations and tension followed. By the ...

The Declaration signed 249 years ago in a humid Philadelphia hall devoid of color and women announced the revolutionary ...

The Thirteen British colonies that would become the first of the United States — Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the launch of America250FL, Florida's "official hub for the yearlong commemoration." ...

The Fourth of July holiday celebrates community — national and also local. Parades featuring people in uniform — scouts, ...

The Times contends in their 1619 Project that the true founding of our nation is not 1776, but when the first slave arrived ...

The United States’ founders firmly rejected King George III and the entire idea of monarchy 249 years ago, on July 4, 1776.

News of the Declaration of Independence reached Great Britain in August 1776 and ignited a media frenzy, according to the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching about ...

At least 500 demonstrators lined the streets outside the federal courthouse in Eugene on July 4 for a "No Kings since 1776" ...

It's been 249 years since the Declaration of Independence was passed by the Continental Congress in 1776, which the holiday ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

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