The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It took five weeks past that point for its rejection of British authority to reach London.

1776 The first American flag is made. Though Betsy Ross often gets the credit, historians aren't sure she had anything to do with it. It was probably designed by Francis Hopkinson, a member of the ...

A federal judge slammed one of the January 6 rioters for waving a 1776 flag while storming the US Capitol, saying his attempt to overturn a democratic election betrayed the values of the American ...