Queen Elizabeth II recognized the Bicentennial by gifting the United States a bell forged at the same foundry as the Liberty ...

You might think Americans wouldn’t care much about what’s on their state flags. But studying state identities has taught me ...

During the American Revolution—and before the United States standardized its familiar stars and stripes—the patriots carried hundreds of different flags. Decorated with classical figures, animals and ...

Lancaster is my home. I was born at the old St. Joseph’s Hospital. And the founder of my state, William Penn, arrived in ...