Editor’s note: Americans may think they know a lot about the Declaration of Independence, but many of those ideas are elitist and wrong, as historian Woody Holton explains. His 2021 book Liberty is ...

While Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of ...

Americans are about to celebrate the fight for independence from Great Britain, and few events in the history of the United States are as deeply ingrained in our culture as the Fourth of July. Parades ...

America’s 250th birthday promises to inflame controversies about the character of the country’s founding — and it key ...

Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...

The film depicts the historical events leading to the Declaration of Independence by the thirteen American colonies in 1776. It highlights the colonists' struggle for self-governance, their resistance ...

Americans know of the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence, but do people really have knowledge about them? A local group has pondered that question and decided there’s far more they need to ...

In between today's cookouts, pool parties and fireworks, it's important to remember Philadelphia's role in the birth of America. In the late 18th century, the city hosted the First and Second ...

Article submitted by Beverly Foster, president of the Walker County African American Historical and Alumni Association Inc.

The eyes lack any clear expression, though they aren’t vacant. Staring down from the upper windows of a substantial brick house at the corner of Market and Seventh streets, in the historic district ...