This story was originally published on July 4, 2024. IDAHO FALLS – There was a “pensive and awful silence” as John Hancock ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

Fast on the heels of the recent “No Kings” protests against President Trump comes an odd suggestion that Americans would be ...

America’s independence wasn’t declared in a day — it was forged through years of unrest, resistance, and revolution. This powerful chronicle traces th ...

Fast on the heels of the recent “No Kings” protests against President Trump comes an odd suggestion that Americans would be ...

A document beginning, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident,’ meaning obvious, kindles something new: The American spirit.

What the Olive Branch Petition suggests about the founders — and Americans today.

You can read the full text of the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights on the National Archives website at www.archives.gov/founding-docs.

U.S. Navy Fireman Trevor O’Neil, a Haverhill native, is one of more than 60 sailors celebrating America’s 249 years of ...

As we’ve seen time again during America’s 250-year history, the most effective antidote to unhinged speech is more speech — ...

We celebrate the Declaration of Independence as the “opening act” for a series of “main events” that laid the foundation of ...

Sealand, an offshore platform off England's coast, is the world's smallest state. It has just one permanent resident and its ...