Americans across all 50 states are prepping for the Fourth of July and, of course, the rousing celebrations that come with it. Booming fireworks, patriotic parades, and outdoor barbeques have become ...
Americans across all 50 states are prepping for the Fourth of July and, of course, the rousing celebrations that come with it. Booming fireworks, patriotic parades, and outdoor barbeques have become ...
Founding Father John Adams once wrote that American independence should be celebrated with "illuminations from one end of this continent to the other" Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...
The Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, but most delegates didn’t sign it until August 2, 1776. 2. Fireworks Have Been a Tradition Since 1777 The ...
So what happened on July 4, 1776? The Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, which was mostly written by Jefferson but subject to edits by the other members of the five-man ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — July 4, 1776 is remembered for the birth of a nation, but it was also a notably mild summer day in Philadelphia — at least, according to one of America’s founding fathers, Thomas ...
Delegates to the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July in 1776, issued a remarkable document, proclaiming the thirteen colonies in America to be free from British ...
While we prepare to celebrate our independence, you may be curious what the weather was like on July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. You probably know that ...
Americans across all 50 states are prepping for the Fourth of July and, of course, the rousing celebrations that come with it. Booming fireworks, patriotic parades, and outdoor barbeques have become ...