The day the Continental Congress voted for the 13 colonies to secede from Britain was July 2, but it took two days to make ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin heads for two states that are early gatekeepers for the Republican presidential nomination ...

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Even though America s 250th birthday is still one year away, there happens to be a fun, unique, mathematical fact about this ...

Vermonters will commemorate Marquis de Lafayette's 1824 tour with a ceremony, despite the missing cane from his statue.

L ast Friday, I received a message from James E. Ryan, president of the University of Virginia. At first, I thought it would ...

The fourth of July may be synonymous with freedom in the United States, but around the world it has a very different meaning.

The author is not the first scholar to tackle the history of America—as in the American continent, not just the United States (which keeps trying to hoard the name for itself). The British historian ...

A controversial flag which some say cost them their jobs is ready to go on display at a Springfield museum. Here's what you ...

Remembering the visit of Lafayette to Lancaster in 1825, the Lancaster Lafayette200 bicentennial committee has carefully ...

The House of Representatives intends to begin work on the “One Big Beautiful Bill” at 9am today. Senators spent 27 hours ...

This Fourth of July, millions of Americans will be hitting the road, feasting on barbecue fixings, while watching firework ...