July 4, 1776, is an important date in American history that is widely considered the birthday of the United States of America ...

All those who signed the Declaration were delegates to the Second Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia. The Congress was a convention of representatives from the various colonies.

President Trump said Sunday he has signed a disaster declaration for the recent deadly flooding in Texas. “I just signed a ...

John Hancock was first to sign Declaration of Independence, the first governor of MA and president of the Second Continental ...

Two of the 56 signers of the Declaration would go on to become president: Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and John Adams of Massachusetts. In fact both men were on the committee of five tasked with ...

While 56 delegates eventually signed the Declaration of Independence, according to the National Archives, not all of them were present on Aug. 2, 1776, and some of them never signed the document ...

America celebrates Independence Day every year on July 4, but the Declaration of Independence wasn't signed on that day. Every year on July 4, ...

Adams wrote that July 2, the date the Second Continental Congress voted to declare independence from Britain, not July 4, the date Congress' president John Hancock signed the Declaration of ...

Lately, we’ve not done a great job. In 2016, voters in key swing states helped elect a president who sneered at norms, played golf all the time and tried, four years later, to remain in power by ...

America celebrates Independence Day every year on July 4, but the Declaration of Independence wasn't signed on that day. Every year on July 4, ...