Month: May 2023

The American flag had 13 stars in 1776 so prior to the Declaration of Independence the first flag was the Grand Union Flag. After independence the American flag depicted 13 stars in a circle and this was known as the Betsy Ross flag. In 1958 a history teacher gave the students the task of redesigning…
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At the 50th anniversary of the declaration of independence’s signing on July 4 1826 Thomas Jefferson 82 and john Adams 90 both passed away within five hours of one another.  They were bitter enemies both had very different political ideologies and their differences often led to conflicts. Nearly a century after the founding of the…
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On July 4th 1776, the Continental Congress officially announced its independence from Great Britain and its ruler, King George the third. The USA had been under British rule since the 1600’s when the British founded 13 colonies to make up the country – Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, North…
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