The first U.S. flag, as adopted by Congress, features 13 alternating red and white stripes along with 13 stars positioned in ...

Independence Day is a quintessential American holiday and the flag is its most visible symbol, but many Americans are unaware ...

As area residents prepare to celebrate Independence Day, a silent bastion will mark its 27th year flying in silent observance ...

Hours before fireworks would burst across the night sky, thunderous blasts from two cannons boomed across sleepy downtown Los Angeles on Friday morning as part of a little known historical re ...

The Fourth of July used to be a happy occasion. It smelled like chlorine and tasted like rocket pops. For a time, it looked like Barack and Michelle, dancing together for the first time as ...