A mason jiggled the cornerstone loose a couple of weeks early, the one that read “1925,” the one fitted into the facade of the village hall in Winnetka. He loosened it just to be safe. See, the ...

The U.S. bicentennial in 1976 featured unique coast-to-coast celebrations, including a traveling train museum. Queen Elizabeth II visited Philadelphia and gifted a specially cast bell to the United ...

The U.S. Bicentennial was a massive celebratory affair across the nation under President Gerald Ford's leadership Kyler Alvord leads PEOPLE's politics coverage as a Senior News Editor for the brand.

There is only one exact date from before my tenth birthday that I have never forgotten: July 4, 1976. I was six and in Manhattan, the place I was born and raised. It was a famously grim time for New ...

Can Americans come together over the next week to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary? With the country seemingly split into irreconcilable, and increasingly violent, camps, storm clouds darken ...

America’s 250th birthday is right around the corner — a celebration the country has excitedly been preparing for all year. The last time the U.S. was this excited for a 4th of July celebration was ...

Fifty years ago, New Jersey celebrated the United States bicentennial with dozens of parades, historical reenactments and festivals to mark the nation’s 200th anniversary. Thousands of residents ...

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. A country in a sour mood. Inflation and gasoline prices soaring. A culture war raging. A president with sagging approval ratings. America at 250?

Tourism during 1976, America’s bicentennial, famously underperformed expectations for the nation’s capital, but D.C. insiders say this summer’s 250th birthday party will do better. The Trust for the ...

Shulman contrasts that with the unity around celebration of the nation’s centennial in 1876. He says roughly 10 million people — about a quarter of the population, when the country had fewer than 40 ...

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