More than two centuries after July 4, 1776, the men who signed the Declaration of Independence — especially John Hancock — are famous. But the woman whose name also appears on ...

They stood together in defiance of King George III. They're together still, buried below a monument honoring their courage.

The original Declaration of Independence is secure in the National Archives, presumably safe from Nicolas Cage.

As the 250th anniversary of signing of the Declaration of Independence draws closer, a rededication of the gravesite of Thomas Heyward Jr. was held in Ridgeland, May 3, 2025. Heyward was one of South ...

Editor’s note: Jim McClure will read the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 4 at First Presbyterian Church, 225 E. Market St., York. This is part of the annual Daughters of the American ...

RIDGELAND — The signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 is imbued with so much significance and gravitas in the American psyche that 250 years later it's easy to overlook how much personal ...

The borough of Catasauqua hosted a special reading of the Declaration of Independence Thursday. This is the 10th year the event has been held at the George Taylor House. George Taylor was one of the ...

Leaders of South Carolina’s three branches of government commemorated a non-partisan event — the 250th year of the ...

"This monograph upon the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was read before the Scotch-Irish Society of America at its meeting in Lexington, Virginia, on June 21, 1895, and is printed in vol. VII ...