Anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass first delivered this speech on July 5, 1852, in Rochester, New York. It was part of ...

Injured soldier Ari Spitz gives emotional speech on his combat experience in Gaza, the values that sustained him, and a call for unity, 'As a Jew, I felt the deep privilege of defending my people ...

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"Douglass wrote that democracy is not a set-and-done thing," West Stockbridge Historical Society President Bob Salerno told ...

The great abolitionist’s 1852 speech lauded the Founding Fathers while denouncing the horrors of slavery. It deserves to be ...

Over time, the Fourth of July became etched in public memory as the date of independence, largely because it was the day Americans first saw the finished document. It became symbolic, representing the ...

In a recent social media post, Barack Obama explained what Independence Day is all about, as President Donald Trump has ...

Washington — President Trump brought pomp and circumstance to his signing of the " big, beautiful bill " on Friday, with an ...

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"Today we celebrate Independence Day," and my favorite scene from it.