The 1976 celebration of USA's 200th anniversary included Tall Ships, the Independent Man, parades and a visit from the queen of England.

Rhode Island, famously the U.S.' smallest state, still doesn't lack for outdoor recreation options, including this quiet but ...

Ms. Nathanielsen is Greenland’s minister of business, mineral resources, energy, justice and gender equality. Living in Greenland is a great privilege, and, in many ways, we have it all. But the one ...

As the United States nears its 250th birthday, scores of events are planned for Long Island, whose Revolutionary history — it was the site both of yearslong British military occupation and a major ...

• Greenland messages exposed: US President Donald Trump shared private messages from world leaders about Greenland in multiple social media posts overnight, including one from French President ...

In the late 1770s, U.S. patriots banded together to declare independence from Great Britain. But why did they want their independence and what kind of country did they want the United States to be?

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

The Declaration of Independence painting by John Trumbull, as used in PBS's "The American Revolution." Study of government in America and her states begins with visiting our founding documents. That ...

In the face of all that President Donald Trump has brought to the American democracy, the constant cry is: “Someone has to do something.” Since my “something” is limited to my vote, I’m compelled to ...

The Continental Congress’s success in negotiating a military alliance with France was pivotal to the colonies’ successful ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...

While Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of independence and revolution, it was a short pamphlet published six months ...