1776, the day the 13 original U.S. colonies declared their independence from Great Britain. The flag is also symbolic of cultural and historic solidarity for Americans, a shared past, present and ...

The black text still read "May 20th, 1775" on top and switched to "April 12th, 1776" on the bottom ... times longer than the original bill to establish the flag took to pass!

The president-elect will have a unique opportunity to showcase America to the world as the U.S. hosts major international ...

The United States does not have a state religion and does not force religion of any kind onto the people living here.

1776 puts a human face on the pages of history as we see the men behind the national icons: proud, frightened, uncertain, irritable, charming, often petty and ultimately noble figures, determined ...

Two churches, across the centuries. Generations after their birth in this nation first envisioned in Philadelphia, both ...

since our republic was created in 1776, millions have died for our freedoms. Please don't throw it away. My wife and I have always been proud to be Americans. We fly our flag from our front porch.

The two Founding Fathers and the seamstress of the American flag all once worshipped on the ... But on July 4, 1776, Christ Church’s vestry crossed out the king’s name from the Book of Common ...