During public participation at the Jan. 15 Westfield City Council meeting, former City Solicitor Peter Martin read excerpts ...

The Latinate term for the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is “semiquincentennial,” which doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. (You can use the alternative Latinates ...

(RNS) — Episcopal Church USA leaders call on Christians to emulate the late priest, civil rights activist and legal scholar.

Suffice it to say, America is somewhat undereducated when it comes to civics, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Now is the time to change this ...

A Louisville couple purchased and then donated the 1823 William Stone copy, and their son helped reintroduce it to the city on Wednesday.

Among the highlights is a rare 1776 broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence produced in New Hampshire by ...

Humans have produced some great sentences over the years, such as this one from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the ...

State celebrations to mark 250 years of American independence are in full swing, as the country prepares to mark the semiquincentennial on July 4. “This is not just about a big fireworks show on July ...

That’s just the opening salvo of this confused, retrograde report, which leaves out a lot of important details from its ...

The film encourages all to reflect on our founding principles and envision our next 250 years of American democracy.

There have been many fine moments in American history. The signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, the passage of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, ...

You could seize the certificate of naturalization that I received that day from the Department of Homeland Security, which ...