when the national flag was adopted by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. The Flag Resolution declared, “the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white,” and ...

When you think of the USA, one of the first things that comes to mind is probably the American Flag. It's the symbol of this ...

January: John leaves Braintree for Baltimore, where he attends the Second Continental Congress. March: Congress moves to Philadelphia and Adams follows. June 14: Congress passes the Flag ...

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 ...

Democracy, the grand American experiment in which the people ruled through their elected representatives, died on Nov. 6, ...

One of the more famous parts of the capitol grounds is the Avenue of Flags. It has the flag of ... once served as the US capitol when the Continental Congress met there from 1783 to 1784 ...

The Republican members of Congress, in conjunction with the President ... But I never before heard that Mr. Jefferson had given a second thought as to the proper time for making the visit." ...

And by 1968 they were carrying flags and ... The second half of his historical opus, A Republic, Not An Empire, toured the history of America’s expansion to continental proportions but warned ...

The Framers cared a good deal about the freedom of the press, as the Appeal to the Inhabitants of Quebec, written by the First Continental Congress ... No laws banned flag-burning, campaign ...

The Hoover Institution hosted the annual Marine Corps’ birthday celebration. Guests of honor included a Korean War veteran ...

But the port, where great loads of iron ore arrive, is bustling, and Beijing has designated the shipping terminal as the "Eastern bridgehead of the new Euro-Asia continental bridge." A big sign ...