If that date raises an eyebrow, it should. Independence Day in the United States has long been celebrated on July 4th, which would seem to be two days late. But upon closer examination ...

America will turn 248 years old this Independence Day, with all the fanfare you would expects – fireworks, cookouts, beach days, ceremonies, and more. But sometimes reminders are needed, such as ...

This yearly celebration of freedom observed on July 4 often involves cookouts, star-spangled parades, bright firework displays and other patriotic festivities. Independence Day commemorates the ...

One year later, on July 4, 1777, Philadelphia marked Independence Day by adjourning Congress and ... picnics and performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and marches by John Philip Sousa.

Yet the day he was praising was July 2, the day independence was declared by the Second Continental Congress, not July 4. Yes, folks, we Americans are doing it wrong by celebrating Independence ...

Independence Day arrives Thursday and several offices and businesses will be closed to commemorate the holiday. Weather permitting, the Fourth of July will be spent celebrating with cookouts ...

Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart is thrilled with the big names coming to celebrate Independence Day in Boston this year.

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 Fourth In America” special, featuring coast-to-coast ...

Medina’s annual Independence Day celebration takes place from 5 to 10 p.m. July 3 at the Medina Recreation Center with bands, food trucks, foam pit, games and contests followed by fireworks at ...

Independence Day is upon us. Observed annually on July 4th, the holiday commemorates the day in 1776 that America officially declared itself a sovereign nation. If you do the math, it means that ...

Click here for a lineup of area fireworks Local Independence ... 9 a.m. July 4, downtown Saratoga Springs. Firecracker4 Road Race, the Saratoga-Wilton Elks’ 55th annual Flag Day parade, family ...