Turn your heart and mind toward America as we approach its semiquincentennial.

In 1923, U.S. President Warren G. Harding died of a stroke in a San Francisco hotel at the age of 58. He was succeeded by ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A symbolic moment in the early months of our new nation on this day in history. It was on July 28, ...

Fifty-six delegates of the Second Continental Congress formally signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia on Aug. 2, 1776, marking a pivotal moment in American history. Although the ...

Shutterstock The Privateering Empire of "King Derby" Salem Maritime National Historical Park preserves the Derby House and ...

John Hancock was first to sign Declaration of Independence, the first governor of Massachusetts and president of the Second Continental Congress.

Explore the Museum of the American Revolution and discover the significance of the original Declaration of Independence ...

Kobe Miyashita never expected to hold Benjamin Franklin's handwriting in his hands when he applied to represent Guam at the Young People's Continental Congress in Philadelphia this summer.

Shutterstock The Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1871 Morristown National Historical Park preserves the site of one of the most ...

July 4 Festivities For 2025 Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. In that document, the 13 original colonies ...

Nearly 250 years after independence from the British Crown, the counterpart of royal rule is rising in the U.S.