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

America’s 250th birthday promises to inflame controversies about the character of the country’s founding — and it key ...

[This year, my annual post celebrating the Fourth of July is drawn from a chapter of Our Republican Constitution: Securing the Liberty and Sovereignty of We the People, and from a short essay on the ...

There are many reasons one might come to love one’s country. It first appears in the connection to place, a bond to a physical location, usually associated with where one grew up. It extends from ...

Today is synonymous with fireworks, flags, parades and barbecues, but 33 percent of Americans do not plan to celebrate the nation’s 249th birthday. National pride has fallen to record lows, and a 2023 ...

July Fourth marked 249 years since the 13 American colonies rejected a British monarch and embraced freedom. But as we enter the first days of our 250th year on this Earth, it feels like we’re moving ...

We all know this part: But we don’t really know as much about the rest of the Declaration, which is a list of 27 grievances that America had against King George III of Great Britain. Congress decided ...

When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence, he had an exceedingly difficult task ahead of him. The 33-year-old planter, who had left law practice just before Britain’s ...