Two historic copies of the Declaration of Independence are on display temporarily inside the New Hampshire State House, where ...

The Leer South Mine in Barbour County, West Virginia, which produces high-quality metallurgical coal, was sealed for the ...

Napoleon Sarony, “The Declaration of Independence,” 1843–1853. Harry T. Peters, “America on Stone.” Lithography Collection. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History This hand-colored ...

A new Nevada commission says the celebration of America’s 250th birthday will stretch from Jan. 1 to July 4, 2026, and will ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed a slew of bills into law that will be going into effect next month. <a href=" ...

The first known celebration of Independence Day was held by the Moravians at Old Salem in 1783. How they marked the occasion ...

As I have pledged allegiance to our nation’s flag at various events, I have often wondered why we call our flag “Old Glory.” ...

The Williamsburg Bray School, now part of Colonial Williamsburg, taught free and enslaved Black children for several years in ...

Because the 2023 history standards tell the full story of Virginia history, more Virginians see themselves in history than ...

An endangered Hawaiian monk seal was the picture of bliss lolling about a shallow lava rock pool along Papaloa Beach with her ...

1933: Italian boxer Primo Carnera KOs American defending champion Jack Sharkey in round 6 at Madison Square Garden to become only the third European to win the lineal world heavyweight title. On the ...

Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for ...