Alumnus Albert Small spent a lifetime tracking down prints of the Declaration of Independence and the signatures of all who ...

“Old white men in wigs and fancy clothes” is a popular response. The names George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin ...

On Sept. 27, 1777, Lancaster served as the capital of the United States. The previous day, British troops had occupied Philadelphia. They had been steadily moving on the colonial capital ...

Now Bill, are you saying that you have come out with yet another book? Yes. I have come out with 5 books over, basically, this last year. This is the ...

Eighty-nine of 100 counties in North Carolina have America 250 NC committees, and more than $2 million in grants have already ...

The Declaration of Independence is up for sale, but it will cost more than most of us can afford. Despite this, the edition ...

Twenty community members solemnly, and with much emotion, read the document which was first read publicly on July 1, 1776. The Red Carpet premiere of the “Declaration of Independence Dare to ...

Local anniversaries of note include the first professional baseball league game in 1871, deadly gas explosions in 1966 and ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, an auction in New York will feature rare items that trace the ...

Mourners in Virginia's Capitol on Friday passed the flag-draped casket of Leroy Hassell, the state's first black chief justice and the first black to lie in ...

Democrat Mikie Sherrill was sworn in Tuesday as New Jersey’s 57th governor, taking swipes at President Donald Trump as she ...