Most importantly, perhaps, we need to remember that the Declaration of Independence was proclaimed and signed by members of ...

On July 4, America will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, marking a major milestone nationwide. Communities across the country will celebrate with ...

Recently discovered documents reveal a back-channel attempt by a leader of the Continental Congress to make peace. (He did ...

On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a document introducing a new nation to the world, composed of 13 “free and ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, new polling is renewing debate over civic education.

It’s the people — the “tempest-tossed,” as Emma Lazarus refers to them in “The New Colossus,” the poem engraved on the Statue ...

Anniversaries are funny things, commemorating the bad as well as the good in our shared and personal histories. Even when the ...

America feels profoundly broken right now. For many Americans, this Fourth of July, which marks the 250th anniversary of the ...

As America's 250th anniversary approaches, a number of TV docuseries and web series, both historical and satirical in nature, ...

Police said a driver was injured after crashing into a Wendy's, nearly two years after a tractor-trailer took out a part of ...

Educators are finding engaging ways to teach the Declaration of Independence on the 250th anniversary of its signing.