This Fourth of July was unlike any other. On July 4, 2026, the United States turned 250 years old — a milestone historians call the semiquincentennial, and one the country marked with the largest ...

On July 2, members of Congress will gather at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were signed. The ceremonial event ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Members of Congress gathered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday as part of America's 250th birthday celebration. The bipartisan gathering marked the day in 1776 that the ...

Burl Ives, the famous 20th-century American entertainer whom many will recognize as the narrator of the Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, once said, “How I longed to see these things; ...

This UNESCO World Heritage-designated edifice may have been designed in the Georgian style, but its historical significance is distinctly American. Independence Hall anchors Independence National ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Buena Park held a special celebration of America’s 250th anniversary at the birthplace of the United States, or at least our famed replica of Independence ...

At Independence Hall in Philadelphia, rangers pack 250 years of history into 20 minutes. “We do the Fourth of July every day.” When he applied to be a park ranger, Michael Doveton dreamed his office ...