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1776 in Des Moines at First Presbyterian Church 2024
Broadway World· 5 days ago1776 puts a human face on the pages of history as we see the men behind the national icons: proud, frightened, uncertain, irritable, charming, often petty and ultimately noble ...
A Copy of The Declaration of Independence Could Sell for $5 Million at Sotheby’s
Barron s Online· 3 days agoOne of five surviving recorded copies of a subsequent edition of The Declaration of Independence...
Betsy Ross Probably Didn’t Design the First American Flag
Biography via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThere is no evidence to suggest Betsy Ross designed the American flag. Instead, historians credit...
Celebrate America’s second Independence Day in Hampton Roads with these Juneteenth events
Virginian Pilot via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn July 4, 1776, colonists declared independence from Great Britain — but not all were free. The...
Can federal workers expect a long Fourth of July weekend this year?
Federal Times· 9 hours agoIndependence Day celebrates the Declaration of Independence’s passage by the Continental Congress in...
In ‘Stories of Us,’ Detroit artists challenge values of the Declaration of Independence
Detroit Metro Times· 2 days agoThe United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026. A new...
Blast Off With 50+ 4th of July Trivia Questions to Spark Your Smarts
LOVE to KNOW via Yahoo News· 3 days agoYou probably know several of the names, but how much do you truly know about why we celebrate this...
You Could Own Rare Copies of the Nation's Founding Documents, Just in Time for the Fourth of July
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoLater this month, Sotheby’s will celebrate the anniversary of the United States’ founding by selling early copies of the Declaration of Independence ...
Sotheby’s Offers Rare Printings of America’s Founding Documents
Artnet News· 2 days agoIn an unprecedented standalone live sale, Sotheby’s New York will offer rare contemporary printings...
On This Day, June 11: George Wallace tries to block integration of Univ. of Alabama
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoFile Photo by Warren K. Leffler/U.S. News & World Report Magazine/U.S. Library of Congress On this...