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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...

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

How have our shared visions of American ideals influenced the meaning of patriotism? How has this definition evolved over ...

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