Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...

Blake Spencer explored the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington with two of his friends. The Howard ...

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

It's worth revering not just the document itself, but the men of consequence who made American independence a reality.

U.S. District Judge Brian M. Cogan’s ruling means that Haiti’s Temporary Protected Status designation should return to its original February 2026 date, giving more than a half-million Haitian ...

Every July Fourth brings fireworks, picnics, parades and happy celebrations of American freedom. But behind the festivities ...

Johnson calls Trump the "creator and champion of the America-first agenda". He says after months of debate: "we are finally ...

A new documentary from Stevie Wonder will explore his role in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday.

The Bill of Rights Institute developed an eight-question Independence Day quiz to test Americans' knowledge about the July 4th holiday.

Sitting on the reference stacks at the Charlie Clark Center for Local History at Arlington Central Library are five thick, blue, nearly 50-year-old bound editions. They are the archives of the ...

Spend the holiday weekend at the Smithsonian’s fest, watching punk history documentaries, visiting local galleries, or meditating with art.