On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger declared at Galveston, Texas, that "all slaves are free" by virtue of Lincoln's edict dated Jan. 1, 1863. It took more than two years to make the promise of ...

This statement, authored by Paul Street on behalf of the organization Refuse Fascism: A Declaration of Independence from ...

“White Southerners like Jefferson and Washington might never have declared independence from Britain had it not been for the activism of Black Virginians, and that’s true on the Southern-wide ...

Tampa Riverwalk July Fourth Boat Parade: The Friends of the Riverwalk, the privately funded nonprofit that has been the ...

Freetown’s Fireworks Festival and 4th of July Parade begins on Wednesday night at 6 p.m., with fun and food, followed by ...

Next week on July 4, the United States will celebrate 249 years since the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. Cities and towns throughout the Chippewa Valley will have a variety of ...

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg officially established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in ...

Thomas Jefferson, a Virginian, a slave-owner and a wordsmith, drafted the Declaration of Independence apparently in isolation in a rented room in Philadelphia in June 1776.

The First Baptist Church of Williamsburg established itself in 1776, although parishioners met before then in fields and ...