The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics ...

Crowds flocked to Castle Island to check out Old Ironsides and her annual Fourth of July turnaround in Boston Harbor, along ...

Independence Day falls on Friday, July 4 this year. Here's what to know about what will be open and closed on the holiday.

Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a ...

Sharon Cantillon/Buffalo News Tom Johnson stands in War of 1812 Cemetery in Cheektowaga, which served as a mass grave for U.S. and British soldiers.

Booming fireworks, patriotic parades, and outdoor barbeques have become annual traditions, and many employees enjoy the day ...

The Federalists in the War of 1812 The Copperheads. Share full article. April 9, 1864. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 9, 1864, Page 4 Buy ...

The War of 1812 produced its own Paul Revere, except this folk hero was a woman who served the British. On the evening of June 21, 1813, ...

For the next several weeks the Congress, often meeting in secret sessions, debated the issue. On June 4, 1812, the House of Representatives voted 79 to 49 to declare war against Great Britain.

Who Really Won the War of 1812? 🇺🇸🇨🇦 A war with no clear victor — or was there? The answer might surprise you… and rewrite what you thought you knew about history.

For America, 1812 became the war in which it had finally gained its independence. For Britain, 1812 became the skirmish it had contained, while winning the real war against its greatest nemesis ...

Had Oliver Wendell Holmes not felt the patriotic pride that led to his writing of this inspiring poem, the USS Constitution ...