The doors of Independence Hall had been flung open, and the British were coming. More specifically, English tourists Chadi ...

One was a doctor and the other a lawyer. One was a minister with a sullied reputation, and the other was feuding with Button ...

As our country celebrates its 250th birthday this year, author Walter Isaacson says we should look to the writing of the ...

The American experiment, inspired by Locke’s writings, would function in the model of Biblical Israel, balancing the gift of human rationality with belief in the grace of Heaven.

Your right to protest ends with your infringement of other Americans right to speak out and to exercise their rights to ...

Senators approved requiring public school classrooms to display a Revolutionary-era Bible — known as the Aitken Bible — as a resource while teaching social studies. The Aitken Bible was the first ...

Elkhart County Historical Museum exhibits seek to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States' founding with the Declaration of Independence.

In doing so, Paine democratized political thought. He asserted that ordinary people were capable of understanding, judging, ...

By Gary R. Freeze Revolution, 250 years ago, was a new idea. Such is what we are celebrating this year, both here in Rowan ...

Ted Widmer, a historian, is the author of the forthcoming book “The Living Declaration: A Biography of America’s Founding ...

Darren Aronofsky used to be a director who made interesting, if sometimes polarizing, films like Black Swan, Mother!, Noah, ...

Ohio has a handful of education bills still under consideration by state lawmakers, including a proposal to require students watch a video produced by an anti-abortion group, and another to allow ...