The park is home to the Liberty Bell and other historic landmarks, including the President’s House memorial commemorating the ...

The Trump administration has ordered a review of several items at Philadelphia 's Independence National Historical Park — the ...

NASA astronaut Gus Grissom completed the second successful human spaceflight mission for the United States of America. His ...

It’s one of the great mysteries of the early space age. How did Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom, after a near-perfect flight on just the second U.S. space mission, inadvertently “blow” the escape hatch ...

Test your knowledge of American history with our Liberty Bell quiz! Answer questions on its location, famous crack, iconic ...

The Liberty Bell is the icon of American independence and freedom. Rung during the first readings of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, it was abolitionists in the 1830s who gave it the name ...

PHILADELPHIA, July 23.—According to the heirs of John Wiltbank, the old Liberty Bell is not the property of this city, but belongs to them personally, and they threaten, if the historic relic is ...

Wyoming rang its Liberty Bell and unveiled an amped-up tour of the restored state Capitol on Thursday. It was all part of a ...

Philadelphia saw protests as pressure mounted for its transit system to allow black employees to work as motormen and conductors. The promotion of eight African Americans in the summer of 1944 ...