Jul 04 Watch Watch ‘A Capitol Fourth’ fireworks LIVE By PBS News Hour A Capitol Fourth is broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands, millions more at home, and our troops watching around the world on the American Forces Network. Watch live… Continue watching
Jul 04 Column: 5 ways you can help America on Independence Day By Jim Stone As we listen to election candidates and politicians try to tell us all the answers, we should remind ourselves this July 4th that we as citizens can identify solutions to America’s biggest problems with our own independent judgment and common sense. Continue reading
Jul 04 White House cites weather, cancels annual July Fourth picnic By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House says it's canceling its annual Fourth of July picnic and fireworks watch because of rainy weather soaking the nation's capital. Continue reading
Jul 04 Instead of fireworks, poet sees American skies lit up by history By Mary Jo Brooks John Brehm wrote the poem “Fourth of July” about a soldier who tried to brush burning embers off his chest, only to discover he was missing his right arm. Continue reading
Jul 03 8 things you didn’t know about the Fourth of July By Daniel Costa-Roberts, Daniel Moritz-Rabson Here are eight things you might not have known about America's birthday. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 3:12 There’s no shame in making summer reading fun By PBS News Hour Make sure you cover up this summer — with sunscreen. But your chick lit, schlocky novels, and frivolous fiction? No way, says writer Jennifer Weiner summer reading in her NewsHour essay. Embrace the F-word this Fourth of July, she says. Continue watching
Jul 01 How chemistry lights up the sky for the Fourth of July By Lora Strum The basic firework requires three ingredients: an oxidizer, a fuel and a chemical mixture to produce the color. Over the years, scientists have staged various chemical reactions to produce fireworks of different colors. Continue reading
Jun 30 Witness Jupiter’s spooky northern lights By Nsikan Akpan The Hubble telescope, the talisman space observatory, has captured fresh images of Jupiter’s auroras as Juno spacecraft makes its final approach to the planet. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 7:34 NASA promising July 4 big bang — and lots of science — when Juno probe reaches Jupiter By PBS News Hour On Independence Day NASA’s Juno spacecraft reaches the largest planet in our solar system and is expected to transmit pictures the 1.8 billion miles back to Earth. But even more interesting than pictures, scientists hope to collect tons of data… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 1:55 A ship that changed American history sails once more By PBS News Hour A replica of the French ship, "The Hermione," also known as the Freedom Frigate, cruised into New York this week. In the heat of the Revolutionary War, before diplomatic cables or emails, France used the ship to send a message… Continue watching