The longest U.S. Navy aircraft carrier deployment since Vietnam left marks — and the yards she enters finish carrier work 113 ...

Fifty years ago today, I stood on the National Mall and watched a stranger dressed head to toe as Uncle Sam carry a flag ...

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

In 1976’s “<a href=" target="_blank">Rocky,” heavyweight champion Apollo Creed arrives for the title fight dressed as George ...

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

According to the Pew Research Center, sentiment from polls this year can be characterized with this headline: “On the Country ...

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.

Bay Area residents plan to gather for fireworks, parades, picnics and protests while reflecting on whether the nation is ...