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 ...

and the flag for Tristan da Cunha, part of a British Overseas Territory also including Saint Helena and the Ascension Island. "It would be a bit like a Frenchman saying the Irish flag was an abuse ...

After the death of his wife, local newspaper writer Tony (Ricky Gervais) gets stuck on the second stage of grief: anger. With nothing left to live for, he decides to fill the lives of everyone ...

So the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, thus declaring the U.S. independent of the British Crown ... all under one flag. Factories were being built and goods ...

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

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

However, Greene's strategy of stationing his troops in key locations along Cornwallis' route resulted in a 25% elimination of British forces ... she said he ran away from home at the age of 13 in 1776 ...