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It was an overcast morning. Bad weather and other complications had delayed the movement of British troops for nearly a week longer than required by the agreement between General George Washington and British General Guy Carlton, commander-in-chief of all...
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. Hawaii America 250 is promoting an inspiring, all-community, across-the-nation event for July 8, 2026. It was on that date, 250 years ago, when the Declaration of Independence was read to the general...
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On June 30, Logan Thielen, a 6th-grade student at Falcon Academy in Brea, took first place at the Regional competition for the National Civics Bee held at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda. Choosing “enhancing creative...
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It was June 6, 1944. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force, stood on a beach on the Normandy coast of France. Hours earlier the largest armada ever assembled had launched the greatest amphibious invasion in...
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip – Balcony of the Old State House, Boston, 1776 On July 18, 1776, exactly two weeks after the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, Colonel Thomas Crafts stepped out onto the second-floor...
