Newtown’s Poet Laureate spent much of her Independence Day weekend representing her hometown while participating in two ...

A poem honoring Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, will debut July 5 at the Huntington Homestead ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain ...

A poem honoring Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, will debut July 5 at the Huntington Homestead Museum, according to a community announcement. “American Mettle,” written ...

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

Independence Day, observed every year on July 4, often involves cookouts, patriotic parades, elaborate firework displays and other red, white and blue festivities.