Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 1. Check what happened today ...

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

America’s Founders believed that what was written in the Declaration was true, not just their opinion. They held that truth exists and is absolute, attainable, knowable, and, where applicable ...

America’s independence wasn’t declared in a day — it was forged through years of unrest, resistance, and revolution. This powerful chronicle traces th ...

250 years after saving America’s bacon, French have little taste for what Trump dishes out. A crescent moon sets behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City on May 1.