At Monticello, we talked to Ken Burns, who was giving a preview of his upcoming PBS documentary on the American Revolution.

On Independence Day, we took an enlightening tour. And it shone a light on Trump’s America, whose people are at one another’s ...

I called my brother, Kevin, to ask if he would spend Independence Day with Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and me.Monticello has a new tour focusing ...

Multilingual means being able to speak more than two languages. John Quincy Adams leads the pack, having been able to speak 9 ...

Freedom is not simply a right, but a spiritual gift and duty, inviting intentional living. True freedom thrives in ...

The text says that governments are human constructions. The legitimacy of governments depends upon democratic consent, not ...

As the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence loomed, Congress passed a bill that steals from the poor, hungry and sick to reward the wealthy, enslave generations to unsustainable debt ...

It's crucial today to acknowledge that for 249 years thousands of Americans have fought to protect the ideas of the American ...

Most Americans, however, will associate America’s 250th with Philadelphia on Independence Day 2026. Though unfair to all the ...

In celebration of Independence Day, a reflection on our country's foundational document and what it should mean to us today.

Here are five things to know about July Fourth, including the origin of the holiday and how fireworks became part of the ...

Over time, the Fourth of July became etched in public memory as the date of independence, largely because it was the day Americans first saw the finished document. It became symbolic, representing the ...