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The 8’ x 10‘ oil painting was made in Ohio by Archibald McNeal Willard (1836-1918) for our country’s 100th year anniversary.
And Douglass did so, it is worth noting, by championing the same founding principles that he celebrated in his Fourth of July ...
Friday is the Fourth of July. What will you celebrate? Freedom from the English monarchy? To me, the Fourth is about freedom, ...
This Fourth of July, the Capital Region will be honoring the past with public readings of the Declaration of Independence.
This year marks the Bicentennial, 2024-2025, of Lafayette and his farewell tour, “Guest of the Nation”, which took place August 15, 1824-September 7, 1825. To commemorate the occasion, the LaGrange ...
On July 4, 1776, the United States Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, was signed. A note, most signatories wouldn’t sign until ...
The day the Continental Congress voted for the 13 colonies to secede from Britain was July 2, but it took two days to make ...
A rare broadside of the "Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy ...
This article reflects on the meaning of American freedom, the history behind Independence Day, the 70th anniversary of “In ...
Americans spent an estimated total of $13.3 billion on food and beverages for the Fourth of July. As we come together to ...
The contours of this legacy are still contested, as they and so much else were at the time of their drafting. Yet, when Americans allow their disagreements to get too heated — or, worse, when they are ...
Friday is the Fourth of July. What will you celebrate? Freedom from the English monarchy? To me, the Fourth is about freedom, period. When the Founders signed the Declaration of Independence, they put ...