On this day, Thomas Jefferson recorded the temperature four separate times, went on a shopping spree and gave to charity. How ...

Philadelphia is enduring one of its warmest 4th of July celebrations on record, with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees ...

Philadelphia. July 4, 1776. Independence is real. Philadelphia rejoices. And a printer awaits a declaration. John Dunlap, 29, ...

Not only was the United States of America a newborn nation, but a new standard of weather observation was taking place ...

July is always the hottest month for the U.S., but Julys today are significantly hotter than they were when Benjamin Franklin ...

While there were no fireworks in or around Williamsburg on July 4, 1776, residents were well aware that their lives were ...

There will be parades, picnics, fireworks and fanfare Saturday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the July 4th holiday.

As the United States marks its semiquincentennial, Sara Collini, assistant professor in the Department of History and Geography at The University of Texas at Arlington, sat down to separate fact from ...

There were no recorded weather observations in Florida on July 4, 1776, but historical climate records can give historians a sense on what was going on.