Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Declaration of Independence read in Joplin, other cities across the U.S. JOPLIN, Mo. — We all celebrated July 4th, but today July ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Independence Day may have come and gone, but celebrations for America's 250th birthday continue this week ...

As the United States of America celebrates its 250th birthday, it’s a good time to read (or re-read) the Declaration of Independence. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to declare ...

For our nation’s semiquincentennial, my son and I headed down to Colonial Williamsburg from New York City to hear the Declaration of Independence read from the old state Capitol—the very same place ...

Ann Arbor ― Dozens of communities across Metro Detroit gathered Wednesday to publicly read the Declaration of Independence, marking the exact day it was read for the first time in public 250 years ago ...

The Declaration of Independence justified the American colonies' decision to separate from Great Britain. The Declaration established the foundation for the U.S. Constitution, which was drafted over a ...

Most people don’t look at the Declaration of Independence and think, “What if we took words away?” But UCLA scholar Johanna Drucker did just that, and the result is a striking new way to read one of ...

The Declaration of Independence, approved on July 4, 1776, dissolved the American colonies' political ties with Great Britain. It listed grievances against King George III, including quartering troops ...

The Declaration of Independence was ratified in Philadelphia on July 4th, 1776, by the Continental Congress. The document was then sent out to the various colonies. Three governmental institutions ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — We all celebrated July 4 th, but today July 8 th, marked another major event in our nation’s birth. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. That they ...