On July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to declare independence from Great Britain. Approximately 20 percent of the members of Congress were opposed to separation ...

While the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the United States' rebellious document was actually signed on August 2, 1776. In all, 56 individuals put ...

The historical moment happened on Jan. 14, 1784, when the Continental Congress ratified, or approved, the Treaty of Paris, ...

Conflict between the colonies and England was already a year old when the colonies convened a Continental Congress in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776. Related: The History of the Fourth of July ...

Walnut Street Theatre, America’s Oldest Theatre and a National Historic Landmark, has unveiled its 2024/2025 season, ...

But it also examines the famous Thomas Jefferson-penned Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 (more than a year into the Revolutionary War ...

The upcoming season is the Philadelphia theatre's 217th. Walnut Street Theatre (WST) has revealed the lineup of productions ...