Just days after being commissioned as the commander in chief of the Continental Army in June 1775, George Washington arrived in Wallingford. On June 29, 1775, Washington stood under the shade of a ...

“When I grew up, I paid attention in social studies,” Fabiano said, recounting how, as a child, he was moved by the stories ...

“USDA has much to remember,” Christensen wrote, pointing to upcoming Memorial Day, Flag Day and Fourth ... a professor of geography at George Washington University who has written a book ...

A statue of the first U.S. president stands prominently in London’s Trafalgar Square, but some Britons find it strange to ...

It’s Flag Day, a day that honors the adoption of the United States flag on June 14, 1777. The original resolution declared ...

From his perch on Capitol Square, George Washington projects a jaunty self-confidence, his gaze steady, his chin lifted, his wig tied in a respectable bow — keeping a patriot’s post with sword ...

On Tuesday, May 27, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ordered flags be flown at half-staff to honor slain Morrow County Sheriff's Office deputy Daniel Sherrer. Flags will remain lowered until sunset on the ...

From the beginning of the American experiment ... One of the qualities George Washington’s contemporaries most liked about him was that he was not eager for power. This led to his June 14 ...

I photograph people with the Stars and Stripes and ask them what the flag means to them. Pictured here is retired Marine ...

The symbolic raising was the first time the U.S. flag had flown above Damascus since Washington shut down ... Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack raises the American flag at the U.S. ambassador’s ...

“The flag guys deserve their opportunity,” Doucette told Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post ... Doucette believes that the current complement of American flag football players is good enough to win ...

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