Kira Rudik’s perspective on the war in Ukraine is reminiscent of the War of 1812 (“Ukraine Renews Its Independence,” op-ed, Aug. 24). Thirty-six years after our Declaration of Independence ...

Some Americans began celebrating the very same year, though the practice wouldn’t become widespread until the aftermath of the War of 1812. Congress finally passed a bill making Independence Day ...

Petty Officer 2nd Class Amber Speer, a native of Plainfield, Illinois, is one of more than 60 sailors celebrating America’s ...

Booming fireworks, patriotic parades, and outdoor barbeques have become annual traditions, and many employees enjoy the day ...

Bakels said the Seminoles' tactic was to fall back, luring the soldiers into a trap. Then, according to accounts of the ...

The US celebrates its Independence Day with closures in government services, record-breaking travel forecasts, and ...

Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a quintessential American holiday in 1776, when the Second Continental Congress ...

Louis Giles of the Society of the War of 1812 in Maryland reads on Aug. 17, 2022, an inscription on a headstone in the family plot of Samuel Neale, a Black man who fought in the War of 1812 and is ...

As the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence loomed, Congress passed a bill that steals from the poor, hungry and sick to reward the wealthy, enslave generations to unsustainable debt ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says country has entered 'second stage' of war with Hamas. Israeli military aircrafts attacked about 150 underground targets in the northern Gaza Strip ...

More than 405,000 American service members died in the war, making it the second-deadliest in U.S. history. Korean War (1950–1953) — 36,574 deaths Library of Congress ...

In June of 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C. to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.