It's the 249th birthday of the United States. And as Americans begin to prepare for our nation's grand semiquincentennial ...

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Congratulations on Independence Day are being received today by President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko and the Belarusian people from ...

The Belarus president and the Belarusian people have been congratulated by the leaders of Russia, China, Kazakhstan, ...

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Americans will celebrate the nation's birthday on the Fourth of July, but Founding Father John Adams believed that July 2 was ...

I've long been a fan of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" but was always intrigued about its relevance on America's Independence ...

Congress established Independence Day as a holiday in 1870, and in 1938 Congress reaffirmed it as a paid holiday for federal employees. Today, communities across the nation mark this major ...

Iranian state television has reported Tuesday that a ceasefire had begun in its war with Israel, even as Israel warned the ...