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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 days ago

DC No Kings' Protesters Add a New Verse To America The Beautiful': Thy Immigrant, Who Hail From Every Land'

Protesters in D.C. added a new verse to America The Beautiful to express opposition to Trump's immigration policies.
NYC LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

MAGA lawmaker rages at Pride flags in Gettysburg: They "overshadow the history"! - LGBTQ Nation

Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano demands Pride flags be removed from Gettysburg businesses, claiming they dishonor the town's Civil War heritage and threaten its tourism-based economy.
NYC music
fromTime Out New York
2 weeks ago

A patriotic drone show is coming to Jones Beach this summer

Jones Beach will host a 250th anniversary celebration featuring Revolutionary War reenactors, colonial festivities, and a first-ever patriotic drone light show over the Atlantic Ocean during Memorial Day and Fourth of July weekends in 2026.
History
fromHarvard Gazette
3 weeks ago

How Ben Franklin put a charge into American independence- Harvard Gazette

Benjamin Franklin's scientific reputation, particularly his electricity research, provided the authority and credibility that enabled his political influence during the American Revolution.
Washington DC
fromWashingtonian - The website that Washington lives by.
3 weeks ago

Donald Trump Wants to Celebrate America's 250th Birthday With an IndyCar Race Around the National Mall. Here's What We Know So Far. - Washingtonian

The Freedom 250 Grand Prix, an IndyCar race on the National Mall in August 2024, was fast-tracked through an executive order signed by President Trump within five days of the proposal reaching the White House.
Humor
fromLos Angeles Times
19 years ago

Eek! A flag on my lawn!

A real estate agent's mass flag distribution campaign prompts reflection on flag etiquette, patriotism, and the desperation underlying aggressive real estate marketing tactics.
fromWorld History Encyclopedia
3 weeks ago

Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America

The street plan of the Valley is 'the street plan of America.' By this, he means that streets in cities across the U.S. offer rectilinear uniformity: 'broad, arrow-straight avenues, regularly spaced and perfectly parallel to one another, are met at fixed intervals by equally straight and parallel streets that intersect them at precise right angles.'
History
Washington DC
fromThe Washington Post
3 weeks ago

The 30 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week

St. Patrick's Day celebrations begin early across D.C. with pub parties, concerts, and contests, while the weekend also features Awesome Con, the Oscars, Holi festivities, Pi Day deals, and free family festivals.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Standing Up And Cheering For American-ish Principles - Above the Law

Trump's State of the Union challenge to Democrats about protecting American citizens over illegal aliens was a rhetorical trap that oversimplified complex policy issues requiring nuanced discussion rather than simple yes-or-no responses.
US news
from6abc Philadelphia
1 month ago

"America's Time Capsule" to be buried July 4 in Philadelphia for 250th birthday celebration

America's Time Capsule will be buried July 4 at Independence National Historical Park and remain sealed for 250 years until 2276, containing items from all 50 states, territories, and federal branches.
Washington DC
fromThe Washington Post
3 weeks ago

How to celebrate America's 250th anniversary in the D.C. area this spring

Washington D.C. celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with museums, cultural institutions, and festivals featuring concerts, theater, exhibitions, and the Spirit of Independence Festival in June.
fromBig Think
4 weeks ago

How the U.S. Constitution protects liberty from the powerful's dark impulses

The real Führer is always a judge. Out of Führerdom flows judgeship. One who wants to separate the two from each other or puts them in opposition to each other would have the judge be either the leader of the opposition or the tool of the opposition and is trying to unhinge the state with the help of the judiciary.
History
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fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Scandal, Protest, Goofiness, and Grandeur at the U.S. Bicentennial

President Ford opened a sealed safe in 1976 during the Bicentennial celebration, continuing a tradition of elaborate anniversary commemorations established since the nation's founding.
US news
fromFOX 29 Philadelphia
1 month ago

America250: Event guide for Philadelphia, NYC and DC

Major America 250 commemorations and large-scale events will occur across Philadelphia, New York City, and Washington, D.C., peaking around July 3–4, 2026.
US politics
fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 month ago

Slavery displays are being restored at President's House site on Philadelphia's Independence Mall

Workers began restoring slavery displays at Philadelphia's President's House after a judge ordered their reinstatement amid a legal dispute with the Trump administration.
World news
fromFast Company
1 month ago

While the U.S. marks Presidents' Day, Lunar New Year begins for millions of Chinese Americans

Chinese New Year begins the lunar year (Feb 17 in China), triggers massive domestic travel, and observance timing varies across time zones for Chinese Americans.
fromTime Out New York
2 months ago

NY harbor plans historic armada for America's 250th

From July 3 through 9, the Port of New York and New Jersey will host a weeklong spectacle featuring more than 60 international tall ships from more than 20 countries, more than 40 allied and U.S. naval vessels, a British aircraft carrier, Cunard's Queen Mary 2 and an aerial armada of over 100 aircrafts led by the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels. By the numbers alone, it's set to eclipse every Operation Sail celebration that came before it, from 1964 through 2012.
New York City
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Calmes: The president celebrates our nation's founding while imitating tyrant King George III

Donald Trump publicly praises foreign protesters while condemning U.S. demonstrators, revealing glaring hypocrisy and support for paramilitary enforcement like ICE.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

US Mint begins circulating new coins to commemorate America's 250th birthday

PHILADELPHIA -- The United States Mint has started circulating the first of several new coins commemorating America's 250th birthday year. The Mayflower Compact Quarter was released on Monday. The coin features two pilgrims under a banner that reads E Pluribus Unum, which means "Out of many, one." Four other upcoming new quarters will be minted in Philadelphia. They will each feature designs representing America's history, including the Revolutionary War, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address.
US news
fromSmithsonian Magazine
1 month ago

Commemorate Presidents' Day With 15 Images That Celebrate the Founding Fathers

Observed on February 22, George Washington's birthday, Presidents' Day became a holiday in 1885. In 1971, the day evolved to recognize all presidents, namely Abraham Lincoln, who was born on February 12. Still a federal holiday 140 years later, Presidents' Day is a time to reflect on the nation's leaders, who have shaped life for its citizens and affected the world in immeasurable ways-for better or worse.
US politics
fromwww.esquire.com
2 months ago

ICE Has Been Given the Tyrannical Power That Literally Triggered the American Revolution

ICE memo authorizes forcible home entries using administrative warrants, expanding immigration arrests and raising Fourth Amendment and civil‑liberties concerns.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

New redesigned coins marking nation's 250th birthday begin circulating today

New U.S. 250th-anniversary coins feature early presidents and pilgrims while civil-rights and suffrage designs were excluded amid controversy over a possible Trump $1 coin.
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History
fromFortune
1 month ago

How Trump erased the story of George Washington's slave, Ona Judge, who fled from Philadelphia to freedom | Fortune

Ona Judge escaped slavery from the Washingtons on May 21, 1796, slipping out of the President's House in Philadelphia to live freely in New Hampshire.
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