The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

When did Fourth of July become a federal holiday? Some Americans began celebrating the very same year, though the practice wouldn’t become widespread until the aftermath of the War of 1812.

Here are five things to know about July Fourth, including the origin of the holiday and how fireworks became part of the ...

It’s the formal date when the Second Continental Congress—about a year and four months after the shots heard around the world, the first shots of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord ...

Why is the Fourth of July celebrated? Independence Day, observed every year on July 4, often involves cookouts, patriotic parades, elaborate firework displays and other red, white and blue ...