South Carolina originally sent five delegates to the Second Continental Congress but only one, Edward Rutledge, remained to ...

In 1775, an unsung hero of the Revolutionary War, Western Pennsylvania's Colonel William Thompson, helped drive back the ...

We fight, get beat, rise and fight again.” ...

The 8’ x 10‘ oil painting was made in Ohio by Archibald McNeal Willard (1836-1918) for our country’s 100th year anniversary.

So Parliament took a new approach. It passed laws—the Sugar Act and Stamp Act— to raise revenue directly, bypassing the ...

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

Fireworks, parades, and military flyovers will happen across the country in celebration of 249 years since America declared ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — President Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to deliver a “spectacular” yearlong birthday party to ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026, members of Charlotte’s Alexandriana Chapter reflect on ...

Most of the delegates affixed their John Hancocks a month later, on August 2. But a few stragglers continued to sign through ...

Shutterstock Walk in the Footsteps of Declaration Signers Feeling patriotic after July 4th? Good thing it falls on a long ...