It encapsulates why Independence Day ... legal declaration, not a philosophy textbook. But he wants us to understand that the list of these rights at least includes three things, life, liberty ...

When we fire up the grill on the Fourth of July, few of us take time to consider what “independence” is all about. We live in the land of liberty. We celebrate freedom. But independence? The ...

For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty ... "OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, APPLYING TO IT A SUBLIME PHRASE "WHICH SUMS UP THE PROGRESS OF MODERN TIMES-- "'LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD.' ...

Over the course of many months, the Founding Fathers would work on the Declaration of Independence until it was officially ...

Each year on the fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, Americans celebrate this ... were the impetus for the drafting of a formal Declaration of Independence, although the resolution ...

If you’re looking to impress your history buff pals at this year’s Independence Day barbecue, read up on these interesting ...

There were 56 signers to the Declaration of Independence. The youngest was ... They had security, but valued liberty more and risked everything for it. About half were lawyers or judges.

Made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, in collaboration with Gustave Eiffel (who was responsible for the steel framework), this towering monument to liberty was ... the United States ...

The content of the Declaration of Independence was not entirely ... Later that day, a jubilant crowd toppled the gargantuan statue of King George III that towered over Broadway.

Independence or death... let these sacred words unite us and be the signal of battle and of our reunion. Citizens, my countrymen, on this solemn day I have brought together those courageous soldiers ...