Gov. Josh Shapiro and speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Joanna McClinton both delivered speeches at the ...

War, even the American Revolution, is the health of the state because it is almost impossible to avoid fighting a war on ...

The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and ...

Independence National Historical Park hosts some of the nation’s preeminent places of history. But what was the area like ...

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

In 1775, life went on normally for most though a revolution was coming. Columnist joe Holley says Americans today have a duty ...

When George Washington, from Virginia, arrived in Cambridge 250 years ago, one of the first things he did was talk to his ...

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

Two of the Declaration’s signers died 50 years to the day (July 4, 1826) after the document was adopted. Both were presidents -- Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. They died within hours of each other.

The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

The Declaration of Independence is a reminder of the ideals on which the United States was founded, and hope the nation lives ...

The nation’s capital resided in Pennsylvania before Washington, D.C. However, just where in the state depends on the criteria ...