More than 500 community members gathered in downtown Charleston Thursday morning for the 13th annual reading of the ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

The Fourth of July has become a major holiday noted for its parades, barbeques, and numerous fireworks displays. Like other ...

The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, was a game-changer for the 13 American colonies. This bold move cut ...

Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain ...

Signed by 56 congressional delegates it was, the Declaration of Independence is what set the US on its own path as a country ...

South Carolina originally sent five delegates to the Second Continental Congress but only one, Edward Rutledge, remained to ...

WHEN, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected ...

TJ Meadows · signers of sacrifice “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and ...

The four South Carolina men who signed the Declaration of Independence fit the profile of their co-signers: wealthy, white ...

Whereas Edward Rutledge, of South Carolina, born in 1749, was the youngest, signing at just 26 years old. This highlights the diverse age range of the men who committed to independence. 7.