From parades to concerts and fireworks, there will be lots of family-friendly activities to mark Independence Day on the ...

As the nation prepares to celebrate Independence Day, here's what to know about watching Fourth of July celebrations on TV and streaming.

In July 4, 1777 the Sons of Liberty set fireworks off over Boston Common and in Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Evening Post wrote “at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and ...

Tchaikovsky was neither American, nor a founding father, but his “1812 Overture” has become the soundtrack to our ...

Possible changes to President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts are being considered, though most of ...

War between the U.S. and Great Britain was declared in June 1812. The Americans made plans to invade Canada, but their first attempt was stopped on Oct. 13 at the Battle of Queenston Heights.

In the first few hours of the attacks, Israel incapacitated a regime dedicated to its destruction. The Mossad intelligence ...

Bonfires and Illuminations On July 8, 1776, the first public readings of the Declaration were held in Philadelphia’s Independence Square to the ringing of bells and band music. One year later ...

Not many people today remember the exhilaration so many Americans felt after Israel's victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967 ...

The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.

Israel-Iran tensions settle into Cold War-like standoff after U.S. airstrikes, with experts suggesting managed containment as ...

A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist Churches in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document ...