Causes for Independence

In February 1831, Land Commissioner Francisco Madero issued land titles to some of the people who had come to settle in Texas, which was then part of Mexico. Having been given legal ownership of the land, the settlers established the ...

Independence National Historical Park

The founding and growth of the United States and Philadelphia, when it was the capital city, are two of the themes that define Independence National Historical Park, which preserves associated historic buildings and artifacts and tells the story of ...

The Bicentennial of Haitian Independence

Memorial Plaza

In memory of two Haitian Freedom Fighters born into slavery, Toussaint Louverture and Jean-Jacques Dessalines symbolized those who fought for the liberation of Saint Dominque from its colonial bonds between 1791-1804. Armed with the conviction that slavery and servitude ...

British Royal Navy in the Estonian War of Independence

IN MEMORY

of the officers and seamen of the British Royal Navy

who served and gave their lives in the cause of freedom

in the Baltic during the Estonian War of Independence

1918 - 1920

MALESTUSEKS

Briti Kuningliku Merevae ohvitseridele ja meremeestele

kes voitle sid ja andsid ...

Signers of the Declaration of Independence

Our Freedom Began When in 1776

These Courageous Men Signed

The Declaration of Independence

Father of Our County

George Washington

The Voice of Freedom

Patrick Henry

The Pen of Freedom

George Mason

[Signers of the Declaration are listed by State]

With utmost thanks to those who live and die to ...

Fort Independence

Dedicated July 14th by the Republic of France and the people of Hull in celebration of the United States of America bicentennial. In grateful tribute to the French sailors and marines who served and died at Fort Independence during the ...

National Historic Landmark-Mount Independence

National Historical Landmarks-Mount Independence

This site, on Lake Champlain opposite Fort Ticonderoga, was fortified by Colonial troops in 1776 to prevent the British from penetrating to the Hudson River through the Champlain Valley.

Courtesy National Park Service National Historical Landmarks

Photo http://www.historicvermont.org/mountindependence/trail_dedication.htm

Independence Hall

Independence Hall served as the meeting location for some of the United States' most groundbreaking historical events, such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence and drafting of the United States Constitution.

Notable figures such as George Washington, Thomas ...

National Historic Landmark - Independence Rock

Independence Rock is a well-known natural landmark on the Oregon Trail, 1900 feet long and 850 feet wide. Numerous travelers painted, carved, or wrote their names on its surface over the years.

Information provided by the National Register of Historic Places, ...

Independence of Kazakhstan

The Monument of

Independence of Kazakhstan

This monument, depicting a young warrior soaring

on a winged snow leopard, symbolizes many centuries

of the nation’s history and a modern Kazakhstan

striving for its future.

Dedicated by

His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev,

the first President of the ...