As we gather to celebrate the Fourth of July, we are reminded not only of the fireworks and festivities but also of the significant historical event that this day commemorates—the adoption of the ...

July 4, 1776, is an important date in American history that is widely considered the birthday of the United States of America. But some people argue that Aug. 2 should actually be America's birthday, ...

The U.S. will mark 250 years since the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026, with a year-long series of celebrations.

We ask visitors on the National Mall about independence and they tell us about the freedoms that are the most important to them. The Declaration: What Does Independence Mean To You? Editor's note on ...

“When in the Course of human events…” You remember those resounding words which are as memorable as “We the People…” The brothers who signed the USA’s founding document might have called it a ...

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

The patriotic collection is one of several that will be unveiled during 2026 by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and ...

In June of 1776, the Continental Congress formed a five-person committee consisting of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston to draft a declaration of ...

It was hard to imagine that the American people could become more bitterly divided than we were after the 2016 election, but that happened after 2020, and after 2024 — and difficult as it is to recall ...