At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.

On Independence Day, we took an enlightening tour. And it shone a light on Trump’s America, whose people are at one another’s ...

If you’re looking for the answer to “Author of Declaration of Independence” in Cookie Jam, don’t worry – we’ve got you ...

Poplar Forest's main event was a reenactor playing America's third president and a Virginia native, Thomas Jefferson.

As the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence loomed, Congress passed a bill that steals from the poor, hungry and sick to reward the wealthy, enslave generations to unsustainable ...

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 ...

John McCaa recalls a moment in his early career when he could not report on a political assassination in Spain. In our own ...

What does freedom really mean? Many see freedom as a right. Spiritually, it symbolizes both a gift and a duty. While it protects us from fear or oppression, it also invites us to live with intention.

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

News of the Declaration of Independence reached Great Britain in August 1776 and ignited a media frenzy, according to the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching about ...

America’s 249th birthday yesterday was no party. Call it bittersweet at best. The guns of Gettysburg were stilled on July 4, ...

Alarmed by the policies of President Donald Trump, millions turned out last month for protests around the United States and ...