Here are five things to know about July Fourth, including the origin of the holiday and how fireworks became part of the ...

By this Declaration, Americans asserted their unwillingness to be serfs or vassals to an unaccountable ruler, but rather as ...

Over the past two decades, traumas at home and crises abroad have shaken many citizens’ confidence in America’s democratic ...

Nearly three in four Americans are likely to do something to celebrate Independence Day, according to a Napolitano News poll.

Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a ...

Tourism stakeholders have launched a special Mount Kilimanjaro climb campaign, "Uhuru Expedition 2025," to commemorate 64 ...

The Mother’s Day we celebrate on the second Sunday in May exists largely due to the incessant efforts—some might say maniacal single-mindedness—of a woman named Anna Jarvis.

July 4 is celebrated as a federal holiday across the United States, which means that all non-essential federal government ...

In the calendar of commemorative holidays, Filipinos celebrate two in the month of June. The first is June 12, Philippine ...

At the time, Americans weren’t agreed on which day to celebrate. In an article for American Heritage, historian Pauline Maier ...