The July 4th Project brought together city, county and community leaders to remember America's beginnings.WLWT's own Courtis Fuller was among the voices, Reading the Declaration of Independence in ...

Chris Leonard, left, and Carmel Patrick, right, at last year’s Fourth of July event in Schenectady. Leonard and Patrick were the driving forces behind organizing the ceremony in Schenectady. Nearly ...

AMHERST, Mass. (WWLP) – Local youth activists are advocating for change in western Massachusetts with a reading of a rewritten Declaration of Independence. Activists in the community have come ...

It is an Independence Day tradition that drew crowds to the Newton Green — one of Sussex County’s most visible locations — for more than a decade, but no longer. A reading of the Declaration of ...

A public reading of the Declaration of Independence on the south steps of the Hamilton County Courthouse was held on Wednesday. The event was co-sponsored by Hamilton County Government, the City of ...

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...

The Berks County Liberty Bell was first rung 249 years ago. Its ringing on July 8, 1776, announced the birth of the United States of America, calling for local residents to gather for a reading of the ...

Today is July 4, and we appropriately celebrate the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration is best known for its ringing affirmation of the rights to "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

On this day 249 years ago, Isaiah Thomas, publisher of the Massachusetts Spy newspaper and a onetime Worcester postmaster, stood on a porch of the town's meetinghouse and recited the Declaration of ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - Community members met in Latham Park in Sioux City, Saturday afternoon for the 5th annual reading of the Declaration of Independence. Afterward, participants got to symbolically ...

DANVERS, MA — Danvers residents are invited to take part in what has become a celebrated local tradition each year at the 16th annual public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. The ...