The American Battlefield Trust recommends these events and activities at some of America's most famous historic sites

This July, Americans will celebrate the 242nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. ?áDrafted by Thomas Jefferson, the document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, formally declaring that AmericaÔÇÖs 13 colonies viewed themselves as free and independent states. ?áIn honor of Independence Day, the American Battlefield Trust ÔÇö a national nonprofit organization that preserves battlefields of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and Civil War ÔÇö recommends these eight family-friendly Fourth of July events at historic destinations nationwide: