The red, white and blue bunting is down, the flags are furled and the last of the fireworks have been sent aloft. And for far too many of us, that surge of patriotic fervor and effort found around ...

On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as ...

Crews chopped down 22 cottonwoods in the weeks before the 2023 Fourth of July fireworks show launched on the island. Advocates of the trees’ removal argued the cottonwoods were diseased ...