As the country celebrates its 250th birthday, we are taking a closer look at Chicago's past. We went to the Chicago History ...

We fact-checked the president’s colorful — and inaccurate — accounts of American history from the Battle of Gettysburg to the ...

These six presidential speeches are some that have most reverberated through the ages, and whose impacts are still felt today ...

From the lightbulb to the airplane, to medical breakthroughs and the internet age, the past 250 years have been defined by ...

The story of the US is, in many ways, remarkable. It achieved independence against the odds, its constitution has lasted more ...

The United States today is home to countless stories. Together they tell us what America has been, is and could be.

Two-hundred and fifty years ago, the American revolution sent shockwaves around the globe. At the same time, events taking ...

John Adams hopes that the U.S. will celebrate its birth with parades and fireworks — every July 2. 1782: Congress adopts the ...