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Military History and Museums
Military History The United States Armed Forced date back to 1775, when America needed a defense force to protect the original 13 colonies from a British invasion. Today, there are five branches: The United States Army is the oldest (established June 14, 1775) and largest of the five branches. Soldiers are responsible for performing land-based […]
The U.S. National Anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America. To celebrate a victory over British forces during the War of 1812, U.S. soldiers raised a large American flag at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 14, 1814. Inspired by those events, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem called “Defence of Fort M’Henry,” which […]
U.S. Constitution
The foundation of the American Government, its purpose, form, and structure are in the Constitution of the United States. The Constitutional Convention adopted the Constitution on September 17, 1787. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. It guarantees greater constitutional protection for individual liberties and lists specific prohibitions on […]
Brief American History
The history of the United States is vast and complex, but can be broken down into moments and time periods that divided, unified, and changed the United States into the country it is today: 1700-1799 The American Revolution (sometimes referred to as the American War of Independence or the Revolutionary War) was a conflict which […]