Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Dunlap printed the first broadside copies of the Declaration of Independence after Congress approved the final text on July 4 ...

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

It was Wednesday, July 3, 1776. Congress had voted for independence the day before. But Congress still had not finished the Declaration. Delegates spent the day working through Thomas Jefferson's ...

The United States celebrates its 250th anniversary on Saturday, marking the date that the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted, hailing the birth of the country. In 1776, representatives ...

Independence Day is the day we as Americans celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, but how much do you really know about the famous early-American breakup letter to King George ...

July 4th wasn’t the day Continental Congress members decided to declare independence; they did that on July 2, 1776. It wasn’t the day they signed the document either. So what happened on July 4th?

At the National Constitution Center, an 1833 copy of the Declaration of Independence meticulously preserves the look of the original signed by members of the Second Continental Congress. (Emma ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved a resolution declaring the Thirteen American Colonies independent from Great Britain, who ...