Many founders wanted the President to be elected/selected by the U.S. Congress, a much smaller body of elites at that time.

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Donald Trump has won the US election, but his official inauguration won't be for 11 weeks. Why so long? What is the ...

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5. United States of America Often called “The Stars and Stripes” or “Old Glory,” the American flag features 13 stripes representing the original 13 colonies: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, ...

Cherokee artist Kay WalkingStick was born in 1935 in Syracuse, New York. Her father was Scots/Irish and her mother was of the ...

Georgia, one of the original 13 colonies, is steeped in political history. Traditionally a Republican stronghold, the state surprised many by flipping blue in 2020, where Biden narrowly won with a ...

Thirteen folds and their meaning: There are 13 folds of the flag in honor of the 13 original colonies. But each fold has its ...