War artifacts are typically weapons and uniforms, but occasionally something so strange shows up, that even historians are at ...

The Kings and Generals animated documentary series launches its new chapter on the American Civil War with an in-depth look ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist Churches in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document ...

The story behind the "Old Glory" nickname for the American flag dates back to a 19th-century ship captain, who proudly ...

The Declaration of Independence has some notes about “the Right of the People to alter or to abolish” its existing government ...

The Adirondack History Museum is set to celebrate Independence Day with a program on the American Revolution in the Champlain Valley. From the capture of Fort Ticonderoga to the end of the war with ...

Two hundred forty-nine years since our country declared its independence from the crown, the United States finds itself ...

As a Canadian who immigrated to the United States, I'm feeling conflicted about the state of the nation and the Fourth of ...

For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American ...

At a Pride parade in Half Moon Bay, Calif., a few days ago, my daughter bought a pink T-shirt with a hand-printed design. As ...

Which approach will America take regarding Israel and the Jewish people? Will the extremist views and the polarization ...