The United States’ founders firmly rejected King George III and the entire idea of monarchy 249 years ago, on July 4, 1776.

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Instead of barbecue tongs and chilled drinks, Gainesville residents traded parties for posters to protest the Trump ...

Revisiting the origins of American democracy. By Jill Lepore. In 1938, if you had a dollar and seventy-two cents, you could ...

What it means to be an American, and the independence woven into the fabric of this country, was on the minds of many this ...

As we reflect on the July 4 holiday and what it means to be an American in the 21st Century, we need to reimagine our public ...

The tyrant, of course, was King George III, the target of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but ...

Black Americans’, our’ relationship to this annual holiday has always been fraught. In 1852, nearly a century after the ...

I served in the Navy during the Vietnam War and visited Ft. McHenry during that time with my dad. I will never forget him ...

What can Americans of good will from left and right do for the coming anniversary? They can turn to the text of the ...

An estimated 80,000 people gathered at the Philadelphia Museum of Art on June 14 for the "No Kings" protest for democracy and against tyranny.