There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical ...

As the clock strikes midnight in Times Square, America will celebrate turning 250. America250, the nonpartisan organization ...

Are you gearing up for next summer’s semiquincentennial — the 250th anniversary — of our nation’s birth? You should be. So, too, especially, should teachers and students during the new school year ...

On Independence Day, we present the Declaration of Independence. 2025 marks 249 years since the United States’ founding document was adopted by the delegates to the Second Continental Congress in ...

In 1776, the Founding Fathers of America signed the Declaration of Independence, embarking on a new experiment in how to build a nation. On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration ...

The Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776. The Declaration explained why the 13 colonies at ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the day is also referred to as Independence Day). This day was when the Declaration ...

Revelers ringing in New Year's Day at Times Square will get a second treat as red, white and blue confetti rain down to usher ...

On Dec. 31, 1975, when revelers gathered for the Pottsville Assembly at the Necho Allen Hotel, they ushered in the nation’s 200th birthday, or Bicentennial. On Wednesday, 50 years later, people ...

The U.S. Mint unveiled the designs for coins commemorating the 250th anniversary of American independence next year. They depict the founding documents and the Revolutionary War, but so far, not ...