APP USERS: CLICK HERE TO GET THE QUIZ. The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current news and the sights and sounds of the United States. This week’s quiz is headlined by a summer breeze, a summer Olympian and an American tough man for...
The 2024 Paris Olympics are just around the corner. On July 26, tens of millions of people around the world will tune in to watch the opening ceremony and the games to follow in the coming weeks. Not to mention the more than 8.6 million attendees who have already purchased tickets. Since the first modern...
Americansare souring ontheAmericanDream – youngAmericansare leading this change.Their attitudes towardtheDreamhave rapidly declinedinjustthepast few years. This is a problem that isnot top of mind forAmericans, but that neither party can overlook as we entertheelection season. Asyoungpotential votersturn awayfrom political engagement and arenot enthusiastic about either presidential candidate,theparty which helpsinspireyoungAmericanswith policies that support upward mobility and reward...
There is a song that begins, “I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream” — but a nationwide project spearheaded by an independent ice cream shop in Georgia puts a patriotic twist on these lyrics. The “I Pledge Project” gives children age 12 and under a free scoop of ice cream at participating...
On Feb. 15, 1862, Sen. Henry Wilson, R-Mass., then chair of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, introduced a resolution for a Medal of Honor for the Army, according to the U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Congress approved this resolution — and President Abraham Lincoln signed...
Gilbert Stuart, who created portraits of key figures of the American Revolution and in early U.S. history, died on this day in history on July 9, 1828. Gilbert’s distinctive portrait style remains the way that modern Americans view many of the Founding Fathers and other figures central to the nation’s formative years, noted George Washington’s...
Now that we’ve celebrated Independence Day and the fireworks, barbecues and other festivities are over, I’m pondering about what independence really is. While the holiday commemorates the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, as an immigrant, the word independence has a special meaning for me. It encompasses a much broader concept than the separation of...
FIRST ON FOX: In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, author, actor, producer and conservative Christian activist Kirk Cameron announced that his newest adult hardcover nonfiction book, “Born to Be Brave,” is to be published in October by Post Hill Press. He calls it a “guidebook for America’s spiritual comeback — a practical and inspiring...
