Five years ago, I decided to celebrate Christmas in July for my son. It brightened our spirits, and we've done it every year since. In many ways, it's more relaxing than the real holiday. To cheer my ...

Everything you've ever wanted to know about the 4th of July fireworks, from their history to the proper way to use them and more One of the greatest highlights of every summer is the magic of the 4th ...

The document signed more than 200 years ago declaring the United States’ independence from Britain contained within it inherent contradictions. While the Declaration of Independence declared “that all ...

America has been working to fully live up to the ideals laid out in the Declaration of Independence ever since the document was printed on July 4, 1776. So while the U.S. tends to go all out ...

“What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?” Famed black abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass posed this question before a large, mostly white crowd in Rochester, New York, on July ...

The month of July kicked off with a dire warning: A rare, long-duration heat event was forecast to bring extreme heat risk across the West, with triple-digit temperatures and dangerous fire conditions ...