The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with ...

Burns discusses the nostalgia that defines many Americans’ understanding of the Revolutionary period and his guarded optimism ...

This year marks 250 years since the American Revolution, and the Minnesota America 250 Committee is launching a statewide ...

The countdown to the 250th anniversary of America’s independence has begun, and museums are already lining up celebrations to mark the milestone. Far from empty flag-waving exercises, these ...

(RNS) — This February marks the 50th anniversary of the national commemoration of Black History Month, proclaimed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 as part of the bicentennial celebrations. But Black ...

On September 3, AEI’s Yuval Levin, Christine Rosen, and Adam J. White hosted a symposium at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello examining the American Revolution’s legacy in American history. The first ...

Talk about good timing. Antisemitism, an American Tradition, a powerful new book by American University professor Pamela Nadell, has just been published. The book comes at a time when certain sectors ...

A complex understanding of the past is vital to understanding what’s happening in the United States today. But many of us often don’t get the historical background we need in school. For example, to ...

People rally to celebrate the reinstallation of a slavery exhibit at the historic President’s House Site, February 19, 2026, in Philadelphia. Credit: Joe Lamberti/AP Photo Philadelphia’s President’s ...