While we prepare to celebrate our independence, you may be curious what the weather was like on July 4, 1776, when the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. You probably know that ...

DENVER (KDVR) — On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, putting the United States on the path to evolve into what it is known as today. As the celebrations ...

Delegates from all thirteen colonies convene for the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia. The representatives remain divided — some hopeful for reconciliation ...

Americans are celebrating the United States' 249th Independence Day on Friday, marking the time in which the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed to the rest of the world. The Fourth of July has ...

Washington abandons New York City and flees across New Jersey, before attacking Trenton. The Revolution, now a war for American independence, faces its toughest challenge yet as General Washington ...

Matheson, Susan B., "Art for Yale: A History of the Yale University Art Gallery," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001, fig. 10. "Handbook of the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery ...