That way,there would be "two great American national festivals," she said, the other being Independence Day on the Fourth of July.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

She found they all valued their independence and many enjoyed having the power of control, though not all wanted it.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

"I have selected a nominee who I think embodies that same excellence,independence, integrity and passion for the law."

VOA: special.2010.05.15

They got Mexico to agree to recognize the independence of Texas, but only if Texas agreed not to join the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

The American Bar Association's Committee on Judicial Independence is working on guidelines for when judges should recuse themselves.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

On July fourth, seventeen seventy-six, colonists meeting in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, approved the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain.

VOA: special.2011.07.08

Harper's magazine would send him to draw pictures of the biggest event in American history since independence.

VOA: special.2010.07.25

Laurence Becker from Oregon State University says after gaining independence, African nations tried to help farmers.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

Then -- if he was elected president -- the Democrats could give the Philippines their independence.

VOA: special.2010.07.22

He saw ants parading around a swimming pool while he was at an Independence Day celebration.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

The president also showed his independence by investigating gifts of public land that the government had made to the railroad, wood and cattle industries.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

On July fourth,seventeen seventy-six, colonial leaders approved the final Declaration of Independence for the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.29

It represented the alliance between their two countries during America's war for independence from Britain.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

Mules were faster. For example, in eighteen fifty-seven a stagecoach pulled by six mules took twenty to twenty-five days to travel from Independence,Missouri,to Santa Fe.

VOA: special.2009.03.30