On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independvlence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. With one voice, the 56 representatives from 13 olonies announced to th… ...

On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, adopted a document proclaiming that the 13 American colonies no longer regarded themselves as part of the British Empire and ...

After meeting with librarian Archibald MacLeish at the Library of Congress, ... 5. 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence, but many of them never became famous.

Two Pulitzer Prize-winning historians discuss the history of the Declaration of Independence, and its founding principle that "all men are created equal." ...

The Declaration of Independence set forth a rationale for a government of the people, by the people and for the people. It remains what it was 249 years ago: a profoundly revolutionary document.