13+ hour, 20+ min ago  (219+ words) As America commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we will rightly celebrate the Founding Fathers and the extraordinary ideals that gave birth to our nation. Yet one important question deserves renewed attention: Whose voices have we forgotten? Researching…...

11+ hour, 36+ min ago  (1514+ words) John Trumbull's painting of the Declaration of Independence, which sits in the rotunda of the U. S. Capitol. Architect of the Capitol U. S. Marines raise an American flag on Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II on Feb....

8+ hour, 45+ min ago  (500+ words) The events of that day were so extraordinary that many Americans took them as a sign of God's favor. "A coincidence of circumstances so wonderful," Secretary of War James Barbour said, "furnishes a new seal to the hope, that the…...

15+ hour, 21+ min ago  (395+ words) times-journal. com Today, as we celebrate 250 years since the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, I invite you to continue our journey through U. S. history to look at some more important dates in the timeline of our country. " March…...

13+ hour, 21+ min ago  (219+ words) As America commemorates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we will rightly celebrate the Founding Fathers and the extraordinary ideals that gave birth to our nation. Yet one important question deserves renewed attention: Whose voices have we forgotten? Researching…...

15+ hour, 21+ min ago  (598+ words) The Vinton Newspapers Office on Thursday, July 2, 2026. The original wood church (1895) of St. Andrew Evangelical Lutheran Church of Van Horne. The brick version of St. Andrew Evangelical Lutheran Church of Van Horne was built in 1926. The sign flashed "Open" at…...

23+ hour, 11+ min ago  (104+ words) Following the 19th Amendment, women in Leon County registered to vote and cast their first ballots more than 100 years ago. The 19th Amendment " the Women's Suffrage Act " had passed the U. S. House and Senate in 1919, and had been slowly making its way through…...

21+ hour, 53+ min ago  (16+ words) Iowa PBS Seneca Falls Convention: The Suffrage Movement Begins...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (19+ words) Yahoo Ulysses S. Grant Home reflects storied past of Galena...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (68+ words) FOX One The fog that changed American history Most Americans know the U. S. became a country on July 4, 1776. But what many don't realize, is that the American Revolution nearly ended just two months later, before a dense fog helped save the…...