Editor's note: In honor of Independence Day — this year, we mark 249 years since the United States parted with Great Britain — we present the nation's founding document, the Declaration of ...

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On July 2nd, 1776, the Congress of the United States voted for independence from Great Britain. On July 4th, 1776, it officially adopted the American Theory of Government, which was publicly ...

The Declaration of Independence, the founding document of the United States of America, has its own special music.

By everything, he meant the birth of the United States. The Declaration, dated at the top in big letters, "July 4, 1776," is the reason we celebrate Independence Day.

As is our annual tradition, the editorial board presents the Declaration of Independence in lieu of an editorial to mark the nation’s 249th birthday.

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming U.S. independence from Britain.

The Declaration states the list of grievance against George III proves he is "unfit to be the ruler of a free people." The same is true of Trump.

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The United States of America will be 249 years old on July 4, 2025, marking when it was founded, according to the date when the Declaration of Independence was adopted in 1776.

Miraculously, on Sept. 3, 1783, the 13 states won independence from the tyrannical British crown. By 1945, the U.S. had become — and continues to be — a global superpower.