Three days before the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson purchased a thermometer from a ...

Nearly all of the remaining major 250th anniversaries in Massachusetts will happen over the next 13 months, coinciding with the evacuation of British troops from Boston in March 1776.

The Lewis Kingman Chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) is visiting some Mohave ...

Today marks the 207th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, one of the greatest Americans to ever live. After he ...

Today, US democracy has delivered what is perhaps its most unique verdict and most powerful president since its 4 July, 1776 Declaration of Independence. Trump, operating outside the majority ...

Independence is here. Now it’s freedom’s turn.” This captures the essence of how people viewed the 1991 declaration: independence had been claimed, but true freedom was still to be realized. In his ...

Out of the seven ‘Founding Fathers,’ only John Adams and Samuel Adams didn’t own slaves. Both men were Northerners. Thomas ...

While the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, the United States' rebellious ...

Why should a country want or need allies? President Donald Trump and his followers seem to disdain the idea. So did George ...

East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002 ... in Singapore in July. Mr. Prabowo asked after Mr. Ramos-Horta’s younger brother, a close friend of his.

In short: The US State Department has removed the phrase "we do not support Taiwan independence" on its website. Other changes were also made, including adding a statement that the US will support ...

The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement to mark the fourth anniversary ... human rights for all." The declaration reaffirms established ...