Newside Cemetery in Harrisburg’s eastern suburbs points to 18th-century settlers and a theological dispute that gave the ...

It's crucial today to acknowledge that for 249 years thousands of Americans have fought to protect the ideas of the American ...

Crowds flocked to Castle Island to check out Old Ironsides and her annual Fourth of July turnaround in Boston Harbor, along ...

Here are five things to know about July Fourth, including the origin of the holiday and how fireworks became part of the ...

Arguably the most important victory of the revolution was won in autumn 1777, on a farm in upstate New York, by a storekeeper ...

July 4, also known as Independence Day, marks the day the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the 13 North American ...

Two centuries ago, the U.S. declared war on Britain, and invaded its closest colony. Why did we fight the War of 1812, and who really won?

The Fourth of July holiday, also known as Independence Day, celebrates the Second Continental Congress’ unanimous adoption of ...

To most Americans, the War of 1812 is the "forgotten war." Its mention conjures images from a short list: The burning Capitol; Francis Scott Key writing poetry during the bombardment of Fort ...

Friday's closing ceremony for the Danville Rotary Club’s Field of Honor — now something of a summer tradition in the city — ...

The past offered little guidance for President Trump on whether to make a major policy announcement on the Fourth of July, ...