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Sometimes di decisions of individuals to betray a pesin or an idea fit get a significant impact on history and even ...
"Agent 355 is believed to have been socially well-connected, possibly from an upper-class background, which allowed her ...
Americans regard George Washington as the "father of the nation", a pivotal figure who helped pave the way for the country to ...
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On Sept. 27, 1777, Lancaster served as the capital of the United States. The previous day, British troops had occupied Philadelphia. They had been steadily moving on the colonial capital ...
Local groups are planning to celebrate the USA's 250th birthday and its Ulster-Scots links.
Sunk by the British in 1776 and raised in 1935 as a tourist attraction, the “Philadelphia” — the oldest intact American warship — is readied for a birthday.
Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...