Category: History and Culture

Long May She Wave

On this day in 1777, Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the Flag of the United States. The flag has been revered. It has been burned. It has flown over triumphant times such as on Iwo Jima and around Olympic tracks. It flew over the rubble of the World Trade Center. It has flown …

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For Country

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. American soldier and spy Nathan Hale was born on this day in 1755. Hale volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City during the American Revolutionary War. He was captured and executed by the British on September 22, 1776. One …

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