Emma Lazarus had an overriding faith that supporting immigrants would lead to untold improvements across the nation and ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

Five years ago, on July 4, 2020, the country was in the midst of waves of rioting. The proximate cause, the match that lit the fire, was the death of a black man, a violent ex-convict, on May 25, with ...

Every year on Independence Day, we fire up the grill, watch fireworks, and maybe revisit a few action-packed partriotic ...

It is more than a competition. It is more than a meal. This is the annual Your Hometown Amateur Hot Dog Eating Contest.

Just in time for America’s birthday, the national symbol of freedom has a second chance at flight — thanks to pioneering ...

There are, however, some true U.S.-made icons that are oozing with patriotism and screaming with American independence, many ...

In 1852, nearly a century after the Declaration of Independence was signed, Frederick Douglass famously asked, “What to the ...

Personal freedom should always be coupled with the responsibility to fight for the freedoms of everyone else in our ...

"New York City has the Statue of Liberty. Philadelphia has the Liberty Bell. But here in Central Illinois we have that great ...

The actual details of history demonstrate noble, freedom-loving motivations in the U.S. founders that went far beyond any economic interest or concern.

From the history of Uncle Sam to a Brooklyn replica of Mount Vernon, these tales provide an escape into celebrations of the ...