Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense,” a mere 47 pages long, “swept through the colonies like a firestorm, destroying any final ...

A Philadelphia historian says Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," published 250 years ago, "changed the course of world history." ...

Complete with colonial reenactments and a boisterous ovation from onlookers, Secretary of State David Scanlan hosted a ...

This wonderful HBO miniseries stars Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney as John and Abigail Adams, the power couple of the ...

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is showing a tantalizing preview of coming attractions as work proceeds toward June's ...

Trump confirms rumors that he is interested in acquiring Greenland. He tells reporters at the time that the arrangement could ...

For those looking for well-connected retirement spots that are still charmingly rural and full of history, check out this ...

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

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

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

The author of ‘The Greatest Sentence Ever Written,’ says, ‘Maybe reflecting on the Declaration of Independence and the values of our founders will help lower the temperature and ...

While Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence turned the smoldering embers of rebellion into the glorious fireworks of ...