The United States became a nation in 1776 when the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, severing the ...

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The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

Houston author and evangelical pastor Steve Bezner thoughtfully explores paradoxes at the heart of Christianity that ...

The African National Congress (ANC) welcones the judgement of the Equality Court declaring the display of the old apartheid South African flag as hate speech and unfair discrimination. We agree with ...

William Webster, the only person to direct both agencies, urged lawmakers to weigh the "critical importance of nonpartisan ...

Cass County District 1 Commissioner Ryan Laylin awarded Jeff Copenhafer, ELITE Companies superintendent, and Jack Whitman, ELITE Companies senior project manager, with a Cass County honor coin Monday, ...

At the local level, things seem a little more sane. Missouri Democratic state Rep. Anthony Ealy proposes that to attend a ...

A nearly 90-year-old banner believed to be the first American flag carried ashore into the European theater as the United States entered World War II is housed at the Grout Museum. The flag was ...

The list of candidates got a little longer with the announcement that Councilman Ajay Patil has thrown his hat into the ring ...

On the grounds of the present-day Alexandria, Va., courthouse, an interesting Model 1816 Springfield musket was found, muzzle ...

The cloudless day, the clear water, the sunwashed green of the pine trees. It’s the kind of scene that might be used to ...