Contributor Avatar
David L. Waldstreicher
Contributor
BIOGRAPHY

Distinguished Professor of History, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

Primary Contributions (1)
Independence Day in the United States
Independence Day, in the United States, the annual celebration of nationhood held on July 4. It commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This document announced the separation of the 13 North American colonies from Great Britain. In…
READ MORE