He graduated from University of Oklahoma with a law degree. At the outbreak of World War II, he was commissioned On This Day, July 5, 1942, to report on board the USS Meredith, and was soon ...

Thursday marks the 248 th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence — and the Fourth of July holiday has become one filled with fireworks, musical celebrations and other ...

on July 5, 1852, in honor of Independence Day. It was delivered at a time when Blacks couldn’t march in Fourth of July parades or celebrate with Whites — a cutting symptom of the prevailing ...