In 2026, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — a bold and revolutionary ...

The main objectives of the Declaration of Independence were to announce a cause of action and formally justify the Continental Congress’s July 2, 1776, decision to separate from Great Britain.

the Continental Army and the militia in the service of Congress became known collectively as the Army of the United States, instead of the Army of the United Colonies. Declaration of Independence ...

Discussions of Jefferson's Declaration of Independence resulted in some minor changes, but the spirit of the document went unchanged. The process of revision by the Continental Congress began ...

Editor: May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress met at Independence Hall and on July 4, 1776, The Declaration of Independence was adopted unanimously. The signers mutually pledged to each ...

It was 250 years ago this week that the Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia to organize America’s rebellion against the British crown. War had broken out a ...

Sunday, Rhode Island became the first of the thirteen colonies to formally declare its independence from Great Britain.On May ...

The battle occurred 15 months before the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. At 5:15 a.m. sharp, bells began ringing in Lexington to signal the start of ...