George Taylor, one of the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence, spent most of his life in the Lehigh Valley ...

When we fire up the grill on the Fourth of July, few of us take time to consider what “independence” is all about. We live in the land of liberty. We celebrate freedom. But independence? The ...

My, oh my, how summer flies! It seems like just yesterday we were (at least I was) grumbling about the cold weather that simply wouldn’t abate. In fact, it was one of the coldest winters and ...

Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.

In a world where parents prefer unique baby names with meaningful origins, there’s no better source of inspiration than the land of the free and home of the brave.

As the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in 2026, spend 2025 visiting these 12 Revolutionary War sites in New ...

Over the course of many months, the Founding Fathers would work on the Declaration of Independence until it was officially ...

On the heels of record-breaking visitation this summer, thanks in large part to major event books, Philadelphia and its ...

between 6:00 AM and 12:00 noon, in connection with rehearsals for the 77th National Independence Day celebrations.

We are proud to offer the Goodspeed's-Sang-Streeter copy of the July 1776 Essex broadside printing of the Declaration of Independence. “An expression of the American mind," according to Thomas ...

A MASSIVE FIRE ENGULFED THIS BUILDING AT INDY RIDGE APARTMENTS IN INDEPENDENCE. DOZENS OF PEOPLE ARE ALSO WITHOUT A HOME NOW. THIS IS A LIVE LOOK FROM NEWS CHOPPER NINE, WHICH WAS ALSO ABOVE THE ...

Sotheby's A rare broadside copy of the Declaration of Independence is heading to auction at Sotheby’s, where it’s expected to fetch between $2 and $4 million. Dated to July 1776, this edition ...