Six schooners outfitted by George Washington to intercept British vessels at sea flew the flag in 1775 as they sailed under his command. It became the maritime flag of Massachusetts in 1776 and ...

Far too many Republicans, conservatives, independents, and people of faith are content to sit in the stands and wring their ...

Let freedom ring—and the fireworks bang! Here's your complete guide to the 4th of July and why we celebrate it. The post What ...

The proposed new flag of a pine tree and a star is too much like the 1776 Pine Tree Flag ... acts of resistance by American colonists to British royalty’s authority. The Pine Tree Flag was ...

Britons call their flag the flag of freedom. They speak of the British Constitution ... The American Colonies in 1776 took their stand upon it. "Just government must be based on the consent ...

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

The two Founding Fathers and the seamstress of the American flag all once ... clergy loyal to the British king led weekly prayers for the monarch. But on July 4, 1776, Christ Church’s vestry ...