In fact, independence was formally declared on July 2, 1776, a date that John Adams believed would be the most memorable day in the history of ... (now called the United Kingdom).

Related: The History of the Fourth of July In a June 7 session in the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence ... holiday to commemorate the day the United States laid down its claim to ...

Ted Widmer, a consulting editor for this special issue of Globe Ideas, is the author of “Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days ...

The Declaration of Independence ... of the United States (1787) were both signed in this building in Philadelphia. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth in these documents are of ...

The Declaration of Independence ... of the United States (1787) were both signed in this building in Philadelphia. The universal principles of freedom and democracy set forth in these documents are of ...

It became the largest and most successful slave revolt in history, leading to the abolition ... Advertiser of Philadelphia presented Haitian independence as fundamentally parallel to that of the ...