Fascinating facts about Francis Scott Key, the writing of what would become America's national anthem, and the War of 1812 battle flag that inspired it all.

Every notice remains online forever providing friends and families with a lifelong tribute to their loved one, a safe place ...

Straight from the digital files of The Evening Sentinel, courtesy of The Ansonia Historical Commission, this week we take a ...

Multilingual means being able to speak more than two languages. John Quincy Adams leads the pack, having been able to speak 9 ...

Of those letters that do survive there are one hundred and two from Adams and forty-eight from Jefferson. In 1813 Adams wrote twenty-nine, Jefferson, seven.

The Fourth of July is more than a day of fireworks; it’s a tribute to the enduring ideals that built a nation: freedom, ...

The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...

Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

I recently had the privilege of being featured in the new film “The American Miracle.” The film is a docudrama, a mix of ...

A merican presidents have met their end in virtually every way known to human beings, some suddenly in hails of gunfire, some shortly after leaving office and some of old age year ...

The nomination by the Republican party of Herbert Hoover for President, like the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt in 1904, is a signal of the influence of novel factors in American politics. Mr ...