“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” We all know it by heart, ...

America was built on a radical premise: that individual liberty is an unalienable, inherent right worth fighting for in the face of tyranny. Revolutionary at the time of our founding, this idea ...

If you’ve ever been in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, you may have stopped at the Norman Rockwell Museum. The museum includes a gallery space devoted to Rockwell’s depictions of the four ...

Religious freedom, Congress unanimously declared in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Presidents of both parties have called it a “fundamental human right,” a ...

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. The document declared the 13 colonies an independent nation from Great Britain. Though the Revolutionary War ...

Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately free all enslaved people. Opal Lee's activism was instrumental in making ...

Descendants of four Freedom Colonies strive to preserve the legacy of their communities. After the Civil War, four million formerly enslaved people were set free, but most had no place to go. Wanting ...

People around the world are, by and large, satisfied with the freedom they enjoy in their everyday lives. The exceptions to this trend are Americans—women, in particular. This could be the set-up for ...

Many Americans of Generation X and older will recall the red, white, and blue American Freedom Train that was a centerpiece of America’s glorious Bicentennial celebration. But few know that the ...