Members of an extended family in East Central Indiana recently learned they are descendants of Founding Father Benjamin ...

These were the leading lights who helped forge a nation—though not all of them signed the Declaration of Independence.

Polling shows over half of Americans under 30 say democracy isn't essential, raising alarms as the nation marks its 250th ...

From George Washington’s rage to Benjamin Franklin’s “air baths,” these leaders had very human quirks.

This Fourth of July, you can drink like a Founding Father at watering holes in New York and New Jersey with storied pasts ...

Excluded from America’s origin story, James Wilson may have been the most influential, prescient, and democratic drafter of ...

The Declaration of Independence includes a searing attach on Native people, but the founders still drew on Indigenous ...

John Adams described the real American Revolution as a transformation of religious sentiments, not just a war, as America ...

More states invest in fatherhood programs as father absence affects one in four American children academically, emotionally ...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich discusses the founding of America ahead of its 250th birthday on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.' ...

There has never been agreement over the meaning of America’s creation 250 years ago. Maybe there shouldn’t be.

A Utah-based ice cream shop centered around the early history of the United States made its Arizona debut after a former ...