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

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 ...

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 ...

The United States has 11 nuclear-powered supercarriers in service, so why are fewer than half currently deployed?

America celebrated its bicentennial! And the whole country rejoiced! The Vietnam War was over. Gerald Ford was in the White House. Gas cost 59 cents per gallon in 1976. We had landed on the moon, and ...

Gerald Ford’s 1976 message of unity, immigration and civic trust is exactly what today’s divided nation needs.

When a fire burned aboard the world’s biggest aircraft carrier in March as it took part in operations against Iran, the US Navy released a short statement saying the blaze had been “contained,” that ...