Thomas Jefferson listened in anguish as the other members of the Continental Congress edited his draft of the Declaration of ...

Ahead of the Fourth of July, Globe Opinion asked readers and community members about their American identity. From pride to ...

The 4th of July is a federal holiday in the United States that commemorates the Continental Congress’s signing of the ...

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

This column was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com June 30, 2025 Thomas ...

Robert Smalls published a newspaper, established a transportation company and served five terms in the United States Congress ...

Participating in the event were such organizations as the Tampa Bay History Center, the Historic Hernando Preservation ...

Local educators, students, parents and community members will join the fifth annual Teach Truth Day of Action at 11 a.m.

Charles Sumner is best known as the statesman caned within an inch of his life on the Senate floor for speaking against the expansion of slavery.  Sumner counted among his friends Ralph Waldo Emerson, ...

But patriotism’s home base clearly is the United States. Fully half of Americans think their country is the best on Earth, ...

Frederick Douglass was one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Born a slave in Maryland, he quickly learned that God had a much bigger plan for him. After escaping slavery he ...

The Trump administration will likely lose those cases, thanks to the strong American tradition of jury resistance.