Opinion Columnist, reporting from Charlottesville, Va. I called my brother, Kevin, to ask if he would spend Independence Day ...

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

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

On this day, July 4, 249 years ago, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by this country’s Founding Fathers.But what ...

As time moved along, growing bands of protestors helped the adolescent nation grow stronger and more just. After the Civil War, women began to protest being denied the vote. Impoverished laborers rose ...

The following is the transcript of an interview with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “The deleted paragraph demonstrates how kicking the can down the road never solves the problem. More often, it makes ...

On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...

Fireworks are a cornerstone of America's Fourth of July celebrations, but that can make the spirited holiday dangerous. A ...

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams will be forever linked by the significance of July 4. They were revolutionaries, the fathers of a new nation. Their bond ran deep, grounded in ...

On July 4, 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, Adams and Jefferson both died. While today is celebrated as Independence Day in America, key figures Adams and ...