Barefoot on the wooded shore of Alabama’s Lake Martin, 9-year-old Edward tipped back his head, mouth agape with awe, as fireworks exploded overhead, their echoes reverberating through the towering pines around him.

As the country turns 250, many Americans aren’t in the mood to party.

Many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by trying to block out the noise of national division

WASHINGTON (AP) — Across the United States, many Americans are celebrating their country's 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the partisan shouting. All the…

Barefoot on the wooded shore of Alabama’s Lake Martin, 9-year-old Edward tipped back his head, mouth agape with awe, as fireworks exploded overhead, their echoes reverberating…

Big companies are taking a restrained approach to the 250th.

America's 250th birthday is nothing like its bicentennial