A prophetic father of his country, President George Washington issued his Farewell Address as he approached the end of his second term in office on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He triumphantly celebrated the burgeoning young nation and his role in its creation, while soberly warning of the threat posed by regional and sectarian division. “In looking forward …
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The likeness of Abraham Lincoln on Mount Rushmore was officially dedicated on this day in history on Sept. 17, 1937. Serving as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, Abraham Lincoln led the country through some of its darkest years. He is considered by many scholars to be the greatest president our nation has had, according …
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Francis Scott Key awoke aboard a British warship after watching the terrifying 25-hour bombardment of Fort McHenry — and, by dawn’s early light, was stunned to find that our flag was still there on this day in history, Sept. 14, 1814. The Baltimore attorney, in a fit of patriotic fervor after witnessing the relentless naval attack on his American homeland, …
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FIRST ON FOX: A popular host, storyteller, producer and author has a new project coming out — and “it lines up, not coincidentally,” with the Fourth of July, he told Fox News Digital in an on-camera interview. Speaking in a video interview from his home studio in Northern California, Mike Rowe, host and narrator of “How America Works,” “Dirty Jobs” …
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My father’s serviceonD-Day80years ago –thehorror,thesheer hellofcrossingthesand that morning – was all somethingofan abstraction to me. That changed when I saw”Saving Private Ryan,” Steven Spielberg’s masterful, shocking film depictingthehorroroftheOmaha Beach landingsandthegrueling combat that followed. Suddenly, I could picture it: At just 18 years old, my dad landed withthefirst wave at Utah Beachandfought forthenext month, until a German bullet pierced his helmet, …
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APP USERS: Click here to get the quiz! The American Culture Quiz from Fox News Digital offers eight new questions each week that test your command of our unique national traits, trends, history, people and popular interests. This week’s quiz unfurls the history of the Stars and Stripes — plus shines light on unforeseen challenges of the D-Day invasion of …
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Our nation is in disarray — and it’s all because of the breakdown of the American family. Every time we turn on the news, we see more and more evidence for this claim. Hamas-supporting students are disrupting graduations, tearing up diplomas on stage, occupying campus spaces, defacing buildings and harassing Jewish students. Our young people are suffering from historically high …
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The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument offers chilling testimony that American independence was purchased by patriots at the price of hideous human suffering. The 150-foot-tall Doric column at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, New York, towers over the footprint of a colonial garrison of the American Revolution. It’s dedicated to the estimated 11,500 American soldiers, sailors and privateers who died in …
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“Guard their graves with sacred vigilance.” Memorial Day marks a time for us as a nation to remember, honor and mourn those members of the U.S. armed forces who died in service to the country throughout our history. Its origins lie with a war that took place within our own borders. JACK CARR, BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND FORMER SEAL, ANNOUNCES NONFICTION …
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FIRST ON FOX: A World War II hero from backwoods Georgia inspires Americans today even from the grave. The story of U.S. Army PFC Ervin O. Jones is worthy of a song. Craig Gleason, a Georgia songwriter, penned “The Ballad of Ervin O. Jones” in 2014, after he and his daughter came across the soldier’s headstone in a churchyard cemetery …
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