As America turns 250, we trace the triumphs, contradictions and arguments that shaped the world’s first liberal republic And ...

Ahead of the America 250 celebration, TN attorney Paul Summers begins a public civics study, starting with a look at the ...

On September 2, 1945, in a grassy field in Hanoi known as Ba Dinh Square, a fifty-five-year-old man wearing a worn khaki tunic and white rubber sandals gave the speech that launched the Vietnam War.

What Is the American Heritage? Audio By Carbonatix For most of human history, the strong ruled over the weak. Enter the United States. This week the United States of America will celebrate the 242nd ...

Roberts' year-end report on the federal judiciary includes some notable statements about the Declaration and its relevance to ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Historian Andrew Davenport arrived at Monticello with an extraordinary ...

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

Times readers can again expect to find a full-page transcription of the Declaration of Independence in the newspaper this Fourth of July. By David W. Dunlap In the In Times Past column, David W.

The official declaration of America’s independence from Britain may be dated July 4, 1776, but the story of the Thomas Jefferson's hallowed document really begins two weeks later. On July 19, the ...

There is no time when the Declaration of Independence‘s true meaning is not worthy of deep reflection. But certainly this Independence Day, which marks the beginning of a year of celebrating the 250th ...