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July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American ...

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Test your knowledge of American history and the Fourth of July with CNN’s Independence Day Quiz. And be sure to watch CNN’s ...

The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...

Over time, the Fourth of July became etched in public memory as the date of independence, largely because it was the day Americans first saw the finished document. It became symbolic, representing the ...

Military music and the reading of the Declaration of Independence filled Salem Square for their 242nd Fourth of July ...