Historical Facts & Myths About America’s Birthday Since the Fourth of July, (which I call Independence Day) is one of my ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

On July Fourth, A Capitol Fourth, America’s National Independence Day celebration, honors our country’s birthday with an all-star salute. For over 40 years, this television event, featuring a ...

Gatlinburg is always the first city in the U.S. to celebrate the holiday with its Fourth of July Midnight Parade, which starts promptly at 11:59 p.m. on July 3. Roughly 80,000 people show up for ...

By 1819, the year in which Krimmel exhibited Fourth of July Celebration in Centre Square, the event had become a largely white working class celebration, in contrast to earlier years when blacks ...