We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4, 1776?

The celebration of the Declaration of Independence's semiquincentennial is a chance to broaden the historical narrative to ...

The American Revolution was a turning point in modern history. It was one of the first successful movements to overthrow ...

Bakels said the Seminoles' tactic was to fall back, luring the soldiers into a trap. Then, according to accounts of the ...

Iranian parliament on July 1 reportedly passed a legislation containing death penalty. Death penalty imposed on those ...

If we are to preserve and improve our democracy, the work must be our own and every individual citizen has a responsibility.

At each major crossroad in America’s history — the Revolutionary War, the westward migration, the Civil War, the Great ...

America the Beautiful” by Katharine Lee Bates is as much critique as celebration, writes documentary filmmaker. While Bates’ ...

Every July Fourth brings fireworks, picnics, parades and happy celebrations of American freedom. But behind the festivities ...

President Trump will start the countdown to next summer’s Semiquincentennial with an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Not ...

The invention of democracy and the role of judges can be traced back to ancient Greece. It is the subject of Aeschylus’ ...

A national park site in downtown Philadelphia preserves epic tales of war and freedom in just 0.02 acres of space. Explore ...