A deadlock over the distribution of power threatened to derail the creation of a constitution for the newly formed United ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

The United States is alive and well 249 years after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and that’s a great thing to ...

Re: “Abbott clears way for Ten Commandments in schools,” Metro, June 26: Gov. Greg Abbott is so fixated on displaying the Ten ...

We celebrate the Declaration of Independence as the “opening act” for a series of “main events” that laid the foundation of ...

Have you forgotten your history lesson about why we set off fireworks on July 4th? It’s not too late to learn about this ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled a statue of Thomas Jefferson depicting him drafting the Declaration of Independence at a ...

It has been almost five years since the last North Carolina Bookwatch program was produced and aired by PBS-NC.  Some people still ask me what programs PBS NC Bookwatch would be airing if the program ...

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the […] ...

Understandably, after almost 250 years, the legislature is tired of being a coequal branch of government and wants to take a ...

When Thomas Jefferson and James Madison made an early-summer tour of the Northeast, they became closer friends while seeking ...