History Today: How America’s Independence story began on the Fourth of July

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming that the United States was no longer under British rule. Since then, Americans have celebrated the day each year as Independence Day, with fireworks, parades, concerts and family barbecues. Also on this day in 2012, scientists announced that they had discovered the Higgs boson

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