It's crucial today to acknowledge that for 249 years thousands of Americans have fought to protect the ideas of the American ...

July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American ...

President Donald Trump 's lawyers referenced the War of 1812 in legal documents related to California Governor Gavin Newsom 's National Guard case. Writing in a response to a U.S. district court ...

Newside Cemetery in Harrisburg’s eastern suburbs points to 18th-century settlers and a theological dispute that gave the ...

On June 4, 1812, the House of Representatives voted 79 to 49 to declare war against Great Britain. In the next two weeks, the U.S. Senate debated the House's bill and on June 17, by a vote of 19 ...

In July 4, 1777 the Sons of Liberty set fireworks off over Boston Common and in Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Evening Post wrote “at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and ...

Home Law Features America's invasion of Canada: A brief history Two centuries ago, the U.S. declared war on Britain, and invaded its closest colony. Why did we fight the War of 1812, and who ...

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics ...

The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4, 1776, was a game-changer for the 13 American colonies. This bold move cut ...