How old is America in 2025? Here's what to know about United States Independence Day and the meaning behind Fourth of July.

Jefferson and Adams ensured that the Declaration captured the hearts of Americans with different religious sensibilities.

The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

It's the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation's grand semiquincentennial ...

Political and biblical inheritance are far more responsible for the modern-day United States than revolution, liberal ...

Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a quintessential American holiday in 1776, when the Second Continental Congress ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

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

The population of the United States has grown almost 123 times since the first federal census was conducted after the Declaration of Independence.

Two historic copies of the Declaration of Independence are on display temporarily inside the New Hampshire State House, where ...