This Fourth of July, the Capital Region will be honoring the past with public readings of the Declaration of Independence.

Just two years after it was bought for $4, it was sold at Sotheby’s for $2,420,000, establishing a record at the time for any ...

It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.

A Summer Reading List for America’s 250th Anniversary. On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the ...

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 ...

The Declaration of Independence.  A month late,r they began to sign it. Samuel Adams said at that signing on August 1, 1776: ...

For more years than I’m aware of, a group of my friends, many of whom are relatives, would gather along the northern shore of Lake Huron on the Fourth of July and recite the Declaration of ...

Regardless of Oval Office revisionism, Americans should never forget that their nation was forged in resistance to political ...

July 4th is a federal holiday, meaning most government offices will be closed, but what about grocery stores? What to know ...

In June of 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C. to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

I went to UPS office to make a return and I had printed the address of the company and my own. I asked the clerk to double check my written note just to make sure I had included all the necessary ...

PLATTSBURGH — The Valcour Battle Chapter Sons of the American Revolution will present a reenactment of the public reading of the Declaration of Independence at 10 a.m. July 5 in Veterans Park on ...