In every generation, the Declaration of Independence has stood for a more expansive promise of freedom and equality.

More than 60 years later, then-President Jimmy Carter, carrying on the tradition of the yearly presidential proclamation on ...

George Takei has a very personal view about current US immigration enforcement efforts.

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

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

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

Semiquincentennial” is a pretty big word favored by sesquipedalians (people who use big words). It’s a word most of us will ...

The Bill of Rights Institute developed an eight-question Independence Day quiz to test Americans' knowledge about the July 4th holiday.

This July Fourth, members of the Jewish faith can take particular pride in one of their rabbis likely inspiring America’s ...

Attendees gathered at the Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center (SRMEC) Monday for a dinner and the official launch of ...

The Battle of Gettysburg, considered to be one of the most important battles of the American Civil War, came to an end on ...

The fact that some Americans even think any other way illustrates how out of touch they are with America’s history and ideals ...