Margo Damoose was among thousands of children evacuated from South Vietnam in March 1975. Born in 1974, Damoose was placed in ...

I’m not much for federal holiday celebrations. I acknowledge the significance of Veterans Day and Memorial Day. But Columbus ...

My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over,” Gerald Ford declared in his presidential inauguration speech of 9 August 1974. “Our great republic is a government of laws and not of men.” ...

I have clear memories of July 3, 1976. I was 16 years old and had decided earlier that year to concentrate on getting ready ...

Some presidents steered America through wars, economic crises and social upheaval. Others transformed the nation's economy, expanded civil rights, or redefined its role on the global stage.

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It is impervious to change because it states moral truths that are eternal.” Moral truths. How retro, coming from a president ...

As the United States celebrates its 250th birthday, it is valuable to look back at how presidents and Americans reflected on ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago today, 56 men adopted a document that changed the world. America has been throwing parties ...

Historian Douglas Brinkley on the Semiquincentennial bummer.

In this year of our country’s semiquincentennial, I find myself looking back at our country’s bicentennial on July 4, 1976.