The audience of the Declaration of Independence was not King George III, it was the American people.
Our national commemoration of America 250 centers on the historic moment when the delegates to the Second Continental Congress voted to separate from Great Britian and subsequently signed of the ...
Signing of the Declaration of Independence (1818) is one of four monumental paintings by John Trumbull (1756–1843) hanging inside the US Capitol Rotunda. Despite its title, the ...
On July 2, 1776, a Finnish American man held the destiny of the United States in his hands. The scene was the hall in Philadelphia that hosted the Second Continental Congress of the 13 American ...
The Recorder is featuring a weekly series every Saturday over the next year on the founding of this nation leading up to the ...
Nov. 10 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1775, the United States Marine Corps, then known as the Continental Marines, was formed by order of the Second Continental Congress. President Gerald Ford ...