Many Americans view Memorial Day as an opportunity to relax, get together for a barbecue with friends or plan a weekend getaway - which is usually the case, although the latter two traditions may be hampered by the ongoing coronavirus shutdown. But no matter how you plan...
Many people know that the capital of the United States is Washington. Some believe that the capital of the United States is New York City. Even fewer people are aware that this country had several capitals. The author of the Iskander channel on Yandex.Zen writes about this. 1. Philadelphia Philadelphia –…
Starting May 8, participants in the DV-2022 green card lottery (applications were submitted in the fall of 2020) will be able to find out the results of the drawing. We wrote in detail about how to do this here. Now let's find out how this document appeared. The green card (green card literally means “green...
The blizzard that has swept across the United States in the past few days has become one of the record-breaking cities and states in history. Snow can turn a city into a winter wonderland, but it can also leave behind destruction and sacrifice. Love Exploring offers ...
The history of the American city of Grafton goes back more than two centuries. Its inhabitants were distinguished by a particular hatred of paying taxes, which attracted the attention of modern libertarians. They decided to build in Grafton the ideal anarcho-capitalist society without unnecessary regulation. But they did not take into account that next ...
The Constitution of the United States is the highest piece of legislation in the country that governs the principles of federal government. It is designed to protect the rights of citizens, writes MC Today. It was adopted on September 17, 1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Prior to that, Articles were considered the main regulatory document ...
On February 23, 1945, the Americans managed to take Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, a Japanese island. It was then that five American infantrymen and one sailor raised the American flag over the island. The senior rank among the standard bearers was Sergeant of Ukrainian origin Michael Strenk. This is a historical event...
145 years ago, the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast delivered an insult to American Democrats that seemed quite difficult to bear, writes the BBC. The cartoon "Donkey Kicking a Dead Lion" was published in Harper's Weekly on January 15, 1870. The object of ridicule was the US Democratic Party. After...
It happened on October 2, 1980. In the United States was the height of the election campaign in which US President Jimmy Carter confronted the ambitious Republican candidate Ronald Reagan, BBC tells. During one of Carter's stops in Dayton, Ohio, school students ...
Highway 66 (Route 66) is called the "mother of American roads." Its appearance has seriously influenced the development of the economic and social life of the United States. An asphalt tape 4 thousand kilometers long connected Chicago and Los Angeles, linking essentially different ends of the country, says the author of the Yowayz / ...