Few figures did more to build modern Canada than William Van Horne. The irrepressible railroad executive drove the laying of the ribbons of steel that brought commerce and settlement to the West, ...

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The town of Harmony, Mississippi, which owes its origins to a small number of formerly enslaved Black people who bought land from former slaveholders after the Civil War, is nestled in Leake County, a ...

From "Independence Day" to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", movies and TV shows are packed with advice for anyone aspiring ...

On July 4, 1976, as America celebrated its bicentennial, four C-130 aircraft flew blind over the dark waters of the Red Sea ...

In honor of America's 250th birthday, here are 50 must-see American movies that celebrate who we are, who we've been and who ...

"There never was any shame for you. The shame actually is ours," the British prime minister said.

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Independence Day didn’t invent or perfect the summer movie, but it arguably understood it better than anything since.