Newtown’s Poet Laureate spent much of her Independence Day weekend representing her hometown while participating in two ...

"A law enforcement officer told me that day that he had been instructed to stop people from distributing leaflets. And he did ...

For the 249th time, Americans are getting ready to haul out the hot dogs and fire up the fireworks for the nation’s big ...

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

Truth is a value I will always stand by. It’s core to my soul. My truth in the Fourth of July is a celebration of the ...

It was 249 years ago, in 1776, that 13 British colonies in North America declared their independence. In recent years many of the men who became known as the Founding […] ...

What can Americans of good will from left and right do for the coming anniversary? They can turn to the text of the ...

In Williamsburg 249 years ago, competition also was stiff with, at times, three newspapers — all with the name Virginia ...

July 4, 1776 – the 2nd Continental Congress approved the final draft of the Declaration of Independence, as a burgeoning ...

Editor’s note: Below are some excerpts from a speech on the meaning of the Fourth of July delivered by Frederick Douglass in ...

Every year we republish the Declaration of Independence. 2025 is different. Read it with friends. Read it with family. Read ...