In 1775, life went on normally for most though a revolution was coming. Columnist joe Holley says Americans today have a duty ...

Before America had the Declaration of Independence, much less the Constitution, the nation had the Postal Service. Before Benjamin Franklin wooed France into the alliance that won our freedom, he ...

Thomas Jefferson’s first version of the Declaration of Independence told the truth about America that we would all be well served to remember and exalt this Fourth of July. He wrote, “We hold these ...

In the course of her career, which also included a dozen earlier years on other routes, she drove an old postal jeep that she ...

MLB can't throw out every fan that says something obnoxious. There's something else that players and umpires need: Coping skills.

Each year at this time, near the Fourth of July, we contemplate freedom. But maybe we are also being called to do an extended examination of our own fears.

The Declaration of Independence is a foundational document in American history. It was officially adopted by the Second ...

News of the Declaration of Independence reached Great Britain in August 1776 and ignited a media frenzy, according to the Jack Miller Center, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit dedicated to teaching about ...

After years of escalating tension between his majesty George III’s government and American colonial leaders, a Revolutionary War had begun in April 1775. More provocations and tension followed. By the ...

Personal freedom should always be coupled with the responsibility to fight for the freedoms of everyone else in our ...

For Confederate Army scout with Powhatan ties, life after the Civil War was devoted to spreading the word of God—and to ...

The Fourth of July is America’s national birthday party, celebrating two-and-a-half centuries of life. But will Donald ...