My, oh my, how summer flies! It seems like just yesterday we were (at least I was) grumbling about the cold weather that simply wouldn’t abate. In fact, it was one of the coldest winters and ...

Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution on Feb. 6, 1788, becoming the sixth state to join the Union, according to the United States Census Bureau. Delaware was the first state to be admitted to ...

The red, white and blue bunting is down, the flags are furled and the last of the fireworks have been sent aloft. And for far too many of us, that surge of patriotic fervor and effort found around ...

July 4, 2026 will offer fireworks, a grand parade, a two-day celebration on Pennsylvania Avenue and a month-long festival on ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026, spend 2025 visiting these 12 Revolutionary War sites in New ...

At the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, President Donald Trump acknowledged the providence of God in not allowing him to win in 2020, so he could be in office during some momentous events slated ...

Artistic, gourmet, wanderlust, and cinephile, in Philly it all began: here the declaration of independence from Great Britain was signed and the first national flag was sewn. The United States was ...

The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn that he misrepresents the country’s past.

In a world where parents prefer unique baby names with meaningful origins, there’s no better source of inspiration than the land of the free and home of the brave.

Massachusetts has invited the five living U.S. Presidents to participate in the re-enactment of the Battles of Lexington and ...

Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico "Gulf of America" ​​raises historical and geopolitical questions. Between ...

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20 ...