Fireworks are lighting the skies up and down the East Coast this Independence Day. In Washington, D.C., President Trump and ...

On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...

Staunton, Va. (WHSV) - The 4th of July celebration continued into the weekend for people visiting the Frontier Culture Museum ...

The Fourth of July isn't just a day for cookouts and fireworks. Here's a quick lesson about Independence Day and when it became a federal holiday.

This Fourth of July marks the 249th anniversary of Independence Day, but there are several dates that are related to ...

Adams accurately predicted the tone of future celebrations when he said that Independence Day should be “solemnized with pomp and parade, with shews (shows), games, sports, guns, bells, bonfire and ...

The British Embassy has trolled the U.S. on Independence Day by posting a meme on social media implying it hoped for bad ...

Congress passed a law making Independence Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1870, according to the Library of Congress. Later, Congress reaffirmed it as a paid holiday for federal employees in 1938.

Fireworks, parades, and military flyovers will happen across the country in celebration of 249 years since America declared ...

The Fourth became a federal holiday in 1870. Here are some fun facts about the Fourth of July -- political and otherwise. Two signers on the Fourth Fifty-six members of the Continental Congress signed ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Argentina after Trinidad and Tobago during his five-nation trip. The Women’s ...