click image for close-up John Trumbull's life-size painting of the First Continental Congress, assembled to sign the Declaration of Independence, was copied from a miniature (21.2 x 31.2 inches ...

It's a common mistake to confuse the Declaration of Independence vs. Constitution—but there are important differences ...

Samuel Chase who was another Maryland delegate and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and Carroll’s cousin , Father John Carroll, who would become the first archbishop of Baltimore ...

A violent windstorm scattered British flatboats on the York River more than 100 years before the term “derecho” would be ...

As with any nation, the United States currency serves a dual purpose as the country’s medium of exchange and a tangible link ...

LONDON (AP) — Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland who for decades championed Scotland’s independence from the U.K., has ... The current SNP first minister, John Swinney, said that he ...

“Lowering interest rates isn’t a declaration of victory," Biden told the Economic ... in front of us right now" by investing and expanding. Biden defended the independence of the Federal Reserve, ...

(Atlanta News First) - Kennesaw State University unveiled its restored 1840s copy of the Declaration of Independence on Thursday ... out items from the past and even got to test their own “John ...

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But NBC’s John Chancellor made Carter’s states ... Carter has lived through 40% of U.S. history since the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and more than a third of all U.S. administrations ...

The nationwide settlement is valued at $1.4 billion. Trumbull is one of many communities that will receive a share of the settlement amount. The Kroger Co. would pay up to $1.4 billion over 11 ...