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Rare 21-star flag unveiled at Lincoln museum for Independence Day celebration
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum kicked off its Independence Day celebration by unveiling a rare 21-star flag, marking Illinois' entry as the ...
How assassinations and war changed how the U.S. remembers its presidents
The Architecture of Presidential Commemoration” surveys the history of presidential memorialization, a complicated tale.
Patriotism, per capita: 6 tiny towns where it 'always' feels like the Fourth
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is "home to some of the most pivotal moments in American history," the bloody Civil War battle, a ...
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Today is America’s Independence Day; see how Latter-day Saint and American history converge
In honor of America’s Independence Day, here is a list of Latter-day Saint monuments and moments in the nation’s capital and ...
Take a look inside Franklin D. Roosevelt's 21,000-square-foot mansion where he entertained royals and world leaders
President Franklin D. Roosevelt maintained a lifelong connection with Springwood, his family home in Hyde Park, New York.
How a rare copy of Declaration of Independence ended up in a Michigan museum
The Declaration of Independence is full of promise and a few mysteries. A rare copy of it ended up at The Henry Ford Museum ...
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Lindsay M. Chervinsky, Ph.D., is the executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon and the author of Making the Presidency: John Adams and the Precedents That Forged ...