Turn your heart and mind toward America as we approach its semiquincentennial.

It took one member of the small drafting committee — a tall, quiet, red-headed young Virginian — two weeks to write the ...

He served for two years in the Continental Congress and became a judge of the Federal Court after independence before retiring in ill health. He died young, at 48.

Attend Cocktails & Congress at Carpenters' Hall in Old City and you can grab a drink and a snack then sit back and listen in ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI July 4 (UPI) -- On this date in history: ...

In 1923, U.S. President Warren G. Harding died of a stroke in a San Francisco hotel at the age of 58. He was succeeded by ...

The Fourth of July holiday, also known as Independence Day, celebrates the Second Continental Congress’ unanimous adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

South Carolina's original delegates to the Second Continental Congress were (clockwise from top left) John Rutledge, Henry Middleton, Thomas Lynch Sr., Christopher Gadsden and Edward Rutledge.

On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later, delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence. From 1776 to the present day ...