From live battle reenactments to walking in the footsteps of troops and visiting historical markers, these destinations offer ...

A local group known as Silence Dogood is confronting President Trump’s border czar and others with historic light displays.

Instead of bootleg fireworks and sweaty roller meat, study up on one of the biggest victories in the battle for public lands.

On Friday we will celebrate the 249th year of our country. Brats and burgers will be cooked, beer will be consumed, fireworks ...

When I was a teenager, a mostly forgotten series of novels taught me U.S. history. How would they read to me now?

It wasn’t smart to bet against Dorothy S. Miller, my fifth-grade teacher at Washington Grade School in Bloomington, Illinois.

Rand Paul, Ron Johnson, and others are striking a tone of fiscal conservatism that sounds a lot like that of the 2010s.

The Teamsters Local 25 union says they’re fighting for better wages and benefits in its contract with Republic Services, and ...

What did the American Revolution look like? As the United States hurtles toward the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding on July 4, 1776, certain subjects seem to dominate the iconography of ...

Once again, the demos were summarily dismissed by virtually every label. But out of the blue, in 1975, Scholz was contacted ...

Centuries-old time capsule from Sam Adams and Paul Revere unearthed in Boston A 219-year-old time capsule believed to be originally buried in 1795 by then-Governor Samuel Adams and Paul Revere was ...