Americans celebrated the 249th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence — which was signed on July 4, 1776 in ...

The words of the Psalmist were on his mind. “If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s ...

The initial marking of the historic spot came in the late 1890s, in conjuction with the building of a new City Hall. The ...

There’s often ambiguity in historical proclamations, as interior spaces are usually gutted and revamped over the decades and ...

Extreme heat requires protecting ourselves, our families, and our neighbors. It also requires policies to address the root ...

On July 8, 2018, divers rescued four of the 12 boys who’d been trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand with their ...

In 1099, during the First Crusade, 15,000 Christian soldiers marched in religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.

Col. John Nixon gave the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence, outside the State House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia.

The Declaration signed 249 years ago in a humid Philadelphia hall devoid of color and women announced the revolutionary ...

Most Americans, however, will associate America’s 250th with Philadelphia on Independence Day 2026. Though unfair to all the ...

In celebration of Independence Day, a reflection on our country's foundational document and what it should mean to us today.

Independence Day is typically filled with pyrotechnics celebrating America, and many athletes have used the Fourth of July to ...