The 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence is a little over a month away. Since that hot summer day in Philadelphia in 1776, the 13 original states blossomed into a ...
With the conclusion of Memorial Day weekend, the summer season is upon us, and nothing says summer in the United States like a good old-fashioned family road trip. This summer is particularly ...
The precepts of the Magna Carta were included in Elizabeth I’s 1578 grant to Sir Humphrey Gilbert and later charters included a key provision: all rights of Englishmen were retained by English ...
In addition to the parades all over Long Island and fireworks in our skies, this summer brings events that commemorate the ...
The first President of the United States, George Washington, shared his sage advice on friendship with his nephew Bushrod ...
Firelei Báez with a towering bronze sculpture with feathers titled “Ayida,” a centerpiece in her exhibition at Hauser & Wirth ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and High Commissioners, Distinguished dignitaries, representatives of ...
How did Black Americans regard independence? Frederick Douglass’s powerful 1852 speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of ...
In this groundbreaking work, Du Bois reexamined Reconstruction by centering Black agency and arguing that formerly enslaved ...
Historical photos bring the past closer. Since photography was invented in the 1830s, we’ve marveled at the creativity and ...
From historic Williamsburg in the U.S. to grasslands in Tibet and the urban rhythms of Mumbai and Havana, these winners are a rich portrait of contemporary photography.
A man found a rare Dunlap broadside of the Declaration of Independence at a Pennsylvania flea market. This document, printed ...
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