Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As we approach the 250th birthday of our country, we pause to remember a group of men who proposed some radical, revolutionary ...

Fifty-six men risked their lives to sign the Declaration of Independence – not on July 4 but on 1776. The only two men to ...

Three men who signed the Declaration of Independence were once prisoners in St. Augustine, inside the Castillo de San Marcos. “There’s an English name to it, and it’s Fort Saint Mark,” according to ...

Let’s take a moment to remember the 58 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Five were captured by the British as traitors and then tortured and killed. Twelve had their homes ransacked and ...

The Fourth of July is almost here, and this year, the holiday will commemorate 250 years since the founding of the United States. As one of the 13 original colonies, Rhode Island produced many key ...

The monument holds the remains of signers Lyman Hall and George Walton, but not Button Gwinnett. The monument was erected in 1848, and the remains of Hall and Walton were re-interred there. A stolen ...

We all know of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson but since its Father’s Day today, we’re going to remember some of the lesser known names of the 56 signers of the Declaration ...

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the nation, two additions join the museum’s Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900 exhibition: a freshly conserved diorama depicting the signers of the ...

The signers knew from the necessary compromises and concessions in the Declaration that the fledgling nation would face shortcomings and contradictions from the start. They purposely placed their love ...

As we approach the 250th birthday of our country, we pause to remember a group of men who proposed some radical, revolutionary beliefs and convictions. They wrote to the King of England a declaration ...