The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics ...

Most Americans are all familiar with the reason we celebrate July Fourth as Independence Day. But do you remember these other ...

The Fourth of July is a celebration of all things American with parades, backyard barbecues and the night sky lit up with ...

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

The Fourth of July celebrates US independence, but this year includes protests against Trump’s policies and cancelled events ...

For the 249th time, Americans are getting ready to haul out the hot dogs and fire up the fireworks for the nation’s big ...

The Fourth of July holiday, also known as Independence Day, celebrates the Second Continental Congress’ unanimous adoption of ...

Let the troops at Cambridge be recognized as a Continental army with a commander-in-chief over all, and let Congress assume the entire burden of its subsistence and armament.

When the Second Continental Congress met in the Pennsylvania Statehouse in Philadelphia for the first time on this day in 1775, fighting had already broken out between American and British troops ...

It was on July 2, 1776, that the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia voted to approve a motion for independence. Valerie Strauss. Tuesday 07 July 2015 11:32 BST. Comments.