America will celebrate its 250th birthday next year. There’s a commemorative ornament for it

America250.org worked with the White House Historical Association, which, since 1981, has sold a popular Christmas tree ...
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Walter Isaacson Explores the Declaration of Independence: 26 Words That Defined America

As the Declaration of Independence approaches its 250th anniversary, Walter Isaacson shifts his focus from inventors to the profound impact of a singular line that has shaped a nation and continues to ...

Heritage Foundation Board Member Resigns Over Video Defending Carlson

The member, Robert P. George, said the think tank’s president had refused to retract his video defending Tucker Carlson’s ...

Ken Burns Breaks Down the Powerful Stories Behind The American Revolution

The series features interviews with historians, illustrations of key events, re-enactors depicting warfare and life in the ...

Q&A: In ‘The American Revolution,’ Ken Burns’ filmmakers go back to the beginning

That’s two years longer than the actual length of the American Revolution, but the Founding Fathers and the Continental Army ...

Decoration with tiny Declaration of Independence celebrates America's 250th birthday

The nonprofit organization planning celebrations for America's 250th birthday in 2026 has unveiled a special commemorative ornament featuring the Declaration of Independence. (AP Video: Nathan Ellgren ...

Florida pushes a new cursive handwriting requirement for elementary schools

Florida House Bill 127, filed for the 2026 legislative session, would require all public school students in grades 2 through ...

The United States of Trumperica!!! | Opinion letters

How does The United States of Trumperica sound to you? Let's stop equivocating and give this titan his due. Awarding him The ...

How Trump's comments about Fuentes and Carlson could prolong a Republican rift over antisemitism

But he had nothing bad to say about two people roiling his party: white nationalist Nick Fuentes and conservative commentator ...
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Ken Burns' new series highlights some lesser-known revolutionaries from Philly and South Jersey

The American Revolution' includes voices often forgotten in retellings of the war. Among them are Quaker poet and a young ...

I Watched All 12 Hours of Ken Burns’s Revolutionary War Documentary So You Don’t Have To—Here Are the 12 Most Interesting Things I Learned

In case you don’t have the time to watch the entire 12 hours right now, I’ve got you covered. (Though I highly recommend that ...