Philly’s Betsy Ross House celebrates the Fourth of July with Patriotic Pets Parade The third year of the parade and costume competition saw three noncanine contestants, including a snake and a giant ...

On the United States’ 185th birthday, someone pulled down a 30-foot wooden pole at a West Philadelphia cemetery and carefully unknotted the 5-foot, 8-inch American flag that marked the grave of ...

Ross Douthat is a New York Times Opinion columnist and the host of the podcast “Interesting Times.” He writes about politics, religion, moral values and higher education.

Janell Ross covers race along with the social and political implications of the nation's rapidly changing demographics. Her Emerging America beat is part of The Washington Post's National desk.

Test your knowledge of American history and the Fourth of July with CNN’s Independence Day Quiz. And be sure to watch CNN’s “The Fourth in America,” featuring star-studded performances and ...