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

America commemorates its Independence Day every July 4th, marking the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Mayor Paul Coogan and representatives from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Veterans Services will attend the dedication ...

Next year, we will celebrate 250 years of independence – and what a celebration it will be. Although we can trace a lot of our history to the iconic spirit of 1776, it was the year 1775 that was a ...

COMMENTARY: ‘We, the People’ have a lot of work to do to get our act together, so that we can celebrate the USA’s 250th ...

The protests are just the latest wave of action from the left since Trump returned to the White House for a second term. On ...

Turn-of-the-century-style festivities are set from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, July 4 at Old Poway Park, 14134 Midland Road.

Letters reflect the views of individual readers. Today’s issues: The damage of Trump and how to change our "50/50 country." ...

"They want us scared, divided, alone. They don’t want us to dream about freedom. But that’s exactly what we have to do." ...

Even though America s 250th birthday is still one year away, there happens to be a fun, unique, mathematical fact about this ...

In today’s edition … Democrats grapple with policing headed into 2026 … All eyes on Susan Collins … You give us your views on ...

BR Emanuel Leutze, Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, Oil on canvas, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ...