Powerful winds hit the Kinderhook area on July 2, damaging or dropping about 100 trees at the former president's estate.

This story is part of The Norman Transcript's American 250 special magazine. In Indigenous culture, oral tradition has always been held in high regard and those who shared the stories ...

The Ferdinand Magellan, an armored train car, was used by US presidents before Air Force One. It has bulletproof glass and ...

In 1939, the newspapers dubbed it the Hot Dog Summit. When King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth visited President Franklin Roosevelt, it was the first time a reigning monarch had visited a ...

Search by county for over 50 local July Fourth fireworks, parades and celebrations for the nation's 250th anniversary across ...

New Yorkers are fond of saying that New York City is the greatest city in the world. After all, it has some of the most ...

HYDE PARK, N.Y. — Long before the first shots marking the start of the American Revolution echoed across the world, the seeds of rebellion had been planted in pamphlets, broadsides, letters and ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 2, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event ...

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra playing its Independence Day program in Millennium Park Saturday night. And then enjoy a night of fireworks over at Navy Pier ...

For those looking for a cheap way to keep the kids -- and adults!-- entertained and cool, look no further than the public ...

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox recently issued an order banning personal fireworks amid Utah's worst fire season in at least six years ...

President Trump visited the nation's newest presidential library in North Dakota on Wednesday. It honors the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt. NPR received a tour of the new facility last week.