This Saturday, Jan. 17, marks Benjamin Franklin’s birthday — his 320th, as a matter of fact! He was born in Boston in 1706 ...

While Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of independence and revolution, it was a short pamphlet published six months ...

Irish workers built Pennsylvania’s canals and railroads. Irish families shaped neighborhoods and became part of the fabric of ...

The civics-oriented Jack Miller Center in Philadelphia, with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, has Teaching ...

"It was a real bold document," said Orangetown town historian Mary Cardenas of the Orangetown Resolutions, signed in Rockland ...

The Heroes of Kings Mountain chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was joined by Guntersville Mayor Leigh ...

Thomas Jefferson, a key figure in American history, believed identity is forged by deeds. His words encourage action over ...

The 250th anniversary is keyed to the Declaration of Independence, ratified on July 4, 1776. Years of tension between the ...

Her defiance of Jim Crow laws in 1955 made her a star witness in a landmark segregation suit, but her act was overshadowed ...

I was struck by the inspirational tone of the year-end report issued by Chief Justice John Roberts. Roberts went back to ...

Chris Stapleton’s inescapable rendition of “Tennessee Whiskey” becomes first country song to earn double diamond ...