HISTORY. Towns are kicking off America’s semiquincentennial birthday this spring with commemorative events, historical re-enactments and educational programming.

17 Apr 2025 | 11:19

The signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, gave the United States its official birthday, but that seminal document wasn’t the first chapter in America’s story - it was the culmination of years of turmoil and discontent with British rule.

Just as the Revolutionary War began with the...