A man's death has been ruled an accident after he lit a firework off of his Uncle Sam top hat on the Fourth of July, a South Carolina coroner told USA TODAY Monday. Allen Ray McGrew, 41 ...

Here in Hingham when an Uncle Sam — who made his first appearance on Hingham’s Fourth of July in 1933 — retires, another steps forward to take his place. In fact, long-time resident George ...

In a horror Fourth of July accident, a man dressed as Uncle Sam died after lighting a firework off his costume hat while smoking a cigarette. Allen Ray McGrew, 41, from South Carolina, was the ...