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After the tumultuous year of 2020, 2021 had its fair share of challenges.

King George III has long been cast as the crazed despot who squandered the 13 American colonies. Yet, argues Andrew Roberts, this grim characterisation is the result not of hard facts but a historical stitch-up...

Every year on July 4, Americans celebrate a miracle: the founding of the United States of America. Our Declaration of Independence has 1,337 eloquent words, crafted by Thomas Jefferson and the 56 members of the Second Continental Congress. Those words turned the world upside down. To this day, our Declaration of Independence is the only seminal document of any nation on earth to pay homage to God Almighty. No other founding instrument reflects on "the Laws of Nature and of Natures God," nor doe...

View Comments Americans across the country are set to celebrate July 4 this weekend with parades, barbeques and red, white and blue gear.  In the nation’s capital, President Joe Biden is set to host a group of essential workers and military families on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday. The National Park Service is also hosting the annual Independence Day fireworks celebration on the National Mall.   But why does the United States commemorate July 4 specifically, sin...

USA TODAY Americans across the country are set to celebrate July 4 this weekend with parades, barbeques and red, white and blue gear.  In the nation’s capital, President Joe Biden is set to host a group of essential workers and military families on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday. The National Park Service is also hosting the annual Independence Day fireworks celebration on the National Mall.   But why does the United States commemorate July 4 specifically, since t...

In the spring of 1774 the British Parliament’s passage of the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts, including the closing of the port of Boston, provoked keen resentment in the colonies. The First Continental Congress, convened in response to the Acts by the colonial Committees of Correspondence, met in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774. Fifty-six deputies represented all the colonies except Georgia. Peyton Randolph of Virginia was unanimously elected president, thus establishing usage of that term as...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: June 14th is Flag Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day in 1916, and on August 3, 1949, Congress established June 14 as National Flag Day, although it was not made an official federal holiday. The U.S. patent collection provides a number of su...

SUMMARY George Wythe was a member of the House of Burgesses (1754–1755, 1758, 1761–1766) and the Conventions of 1776, 1787, 1788, a member of the Second Continental Congress during the American Revolution (1775–1783), Speaker of the House of Delegates (1777–1778), and judge of the High Court of Chancery (1778–1806). His signature is first among Virginians on the Declaration of Independence. Born in Elizabeth City County, Wythe was educated by his mother and read the law under the guid...

A Timeline of U.S. Anti-War Movements Anti-war movements date back to the birth of the United States. Author: Anti-war movements date back to the birth of the United States. The history of anti-war protests in the United States is as old as the country itself. Every war in American history—even the one that spawned the country—generated internal dissent from pacifists who rejected all wars and from citizens who objected to specific military conflicts on moral, religious, political and econo...

17 Fun 4th of July Facts for Kids to Explain the History of the Holiday Parents 5/4/2021 © Provided by Parents Getty Images. Every year on July 4, kids and adults alike gear up to celebrate Independence Day with barbecues, pool parties, parades, and fireworks displays. But with all of the patriotic festivities, its hard to forget the true meaning of the federal holiday: the birth of American independence. Give your children a history lesson by sharing these fun 4th of July facts. Who knows...