In celebration of the United States’ 250-year anniversary, Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett today announced the 2026 ...

So wrote a high school student from Illinois, one of the winners of the 2025 America’s Field Trip contest. Sponsored by the U.S. Semiquincentennial, or the America 250 Commission, the contest invited ...

America may be a year out from our 250 th birthday, but with the arrival of July 4, 2025 it can fairly be said that we are in our 250 th year. Let’s start the celebration, and let’s make the coming ...

Idaho middle schoolers can compete in the National Civics Bee, with a $5,000 school prize and $100,000 529 plan for national ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Harrisonburg, VA, Oct. 06, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James Madison University has received more than $2.1 million from ...

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the American founding, we must confront the hard truth that democracies are not self-executing. They require constant tending by informed, engaged citizens who ...

In 1957, the United States had its "Sputnik moment." As the Soviet Sputnik satellite orbited the Earth, Americans became fearful that we were falling behind technologically. The response was a massive ...

Civics and government education is critical to America’s future and shouldn’t be pushed aside for higher test scores in math and science. That was the message of retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice ...

On April 19, 1775 — 250 years ago today — the British Royal Army clashed with colonial militia in Massachusetts. Lexington and Concord marked the first battle of the War for Independence, villages ...

As we mark Independence Day in 2025, we are just a year out from the nation’s 250th birthday — a quarter millennium since the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United ...