America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year — marking 2½ centuries since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the creation of the United States.

America’s 250th birthday promises to inflame controversies about the character of the country’s founding — and it key ...

Do you have memories of entering the Coloring Book Contest sponsored by the Preston Citizen when you were a Franklin County kid? It has been happening for the past 48 years and is still a part of the ...

A list of "unpretentious" small-town locations in North Carolina included several stops in the state's Western region. Founded in 1994 by cartographer John Moen and his wife, Chris Woolwine-Moen, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When negotiating peace after the American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin wanted Britain to give Canada to the newly formed United ...

Franklin the Turtle is no stranger to the spotlight; the wide-eyed Canadian children’s icon has been featured in dozens of books, a TV series, video games, plays and no less than four movies, one of ...