When Thomas Lynch Jr. was called away from the South Carolina militia to replace his ailing father in the Continental Congress, his life -- and history -- was about to change. A few months later the ...

In a recycled column about the Fourth of July, George Pyle writes: “Independence Day is not about flags, fireworks, military hardware, past presidents or any other icons or graven images. It is about ...

As we approach Independence Day it behooves us to look again, this time very closely, at the document that initiated the “War of Independence,” inspired by the Constitution that established the United ...