Lots of 18th-century philosophies have become extremely dated since America achieved independence, but one founding father's ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which ...

America is celebrating its 250th birthday this year — marking 2½ centuries since the signing of the Declaration of ...

After Friss, the Nonfiction Series will continue with three other veterans of The New York Times best-seller list: acclaimed ...

From the Smithsonian magazine archives, some of our favorite reader questions about our nation's founding upon its 250th birthday. Q: Did Benjamin Franklin really fly a kite in a thunderstorm?

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill discusses the faith and politics that went into writing the Declaration of Independence.

For decades, Canada and the United States have been strategic allies and defence partners. But it wasn’t always that way. U.S. President “Donald Trump is not the first American to say that he wanted ...

The adventures of Jacob and his children have served as a throughline in the genesis of America – from abolition to ...

It was a bracing cold day as seven women from the Thomas Lee chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution made their way to a cheery yellow box near ...

British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of ...

Emmy Award-winning actor Richard Thomas portrays American writer and humorist Mark Twain in the one-man show "Mark Twain ...