Poplar Forest's main event was a reenactor playing America's third president and a Virginia native, Thomas Jefferson.

This weekend, we celebrate Independence Day. This is one of my favorite holidays because, No. 1, it’s in the summer, and No. 2, there are fireworks, and who doesn’t love those? The real reason for the ...

Alice's Garden hosts first annual event commemorating Caroline Quarlls' journey on the Underground Railroad through Milwaukee ...

At Independence Day ceremonies in Jamesport Friday, reminders to cherish our freedom and honor the people who have fought to protect and defend it.

Columnist Jonathan Lange writes, “The deleted paragraph demonstrates how kicking the can down the road never solves the problem. More often, it makes ...

As celebrations began on the East Coast for the first Fourth of July, a distant Colorado was untouched by British colonials.

The original Declaration of Independence is a permanent exhibit at the museum, but this weekend, they’re opening the vault and showing off some historic documents, including an original first edition ...

Black Americans’, our’ relationship to this annual holiday has always been fraught. In 1852, nearly a century after the ...

Jefferson, an avid weather observer, kept meticulous climate records throughout his life. In Philadelphia, during the summer ...

On a hot, steamy day in Philadelphia, a group of delegates to the Continental Congress gathered to celebrate the final ...

Political and biblical inheritance are far more responsible for the modern-day United States than revolution, liberal ...

Read the Declaration of Independence, the historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson and signed by 56 delegates.