For a majority of Americans, there are few holidays that come and go unnoticed — from Halloween to July 4, candy, cookouts and fanfare take hold. Yet, every September 17, Constitution Day arrives ...

WASHINGTON – Wednesday is Constitution Day, which commemorates the signing of the United States’ founding document by the delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. To mark ...

On this day 160 years ago, the United States of America ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, immortalizing a self-evident principle that ...

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POTTSTOWN — The Mahanatawny Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution is hosting two events on Constitution Day, Sept. 17, for Constitution Week. • First, the ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. BRATTLEBORO — "Constitution Wrangler" Meg Mott, PhD,continues her exploration of how the Constitution is designed to make the United States a more ...

With America’s Constitution undergoing a stress test, it’s important to revisit and understand its fundamental structure and design. America’s Constitutional Convention occurred in 1787, several years ...

The president of the United States appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish a ...

Sail250 is a multi-city celebration of maritime history. More than 60 ships from 20 countries, including tall ships, military vessels and character ships, will travel along the Gulf of America and ...

On Dec. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The United States declared war against Japan the following ...

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the ...