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Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about U.S. Territories on the 250th Birthday of the United States of America! Sources: Compact of Free Association - Wikipedia CHAPTER 8—GUANO ISLANDS Guano Islands Act - Wikipedia Discover Puerto Rico July 4, 1946: The Philippines Gained Independence from the United States - WWII Museum How the US Has Grown and Shrunk Throughout History - His...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about American Geography. Sources: National Geographic Kids United States Atlas Wikipedia - Delaware River Wikipedia - Old Man of the Mountain Old Man of the Mountain Legacy Fund Continental Divide Trail Coalition - What Is the Continental Divide? A Complete Guide + Map Wikipedia - Continental Divide of the Americas

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Commonwealth of Virginia. Sources: State Symbols, Seals And Emblems What Are the Five Physical Regions of Virginia’s Geography? Why Are Some U.S. States Called Commonwealths? - Britannica What’s in a Name? The Four U.S. States That Are Technically Commonwealths - Library of Congress Blogs Why is Virginia a Commonwealth? The Project G...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Homeland Security. Resources: Department of Homeland Security United States Department of Homeland Security - Wikipedia Securing Cyberspace and Critical Infrastructure About CISA United States Coast Guard - Wikipedia

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Housing & Urban Development.   Sources: HUD History A Brief History of HUD Programs of HUD Community development - Wikipedia Urban Omnibus - What HUD Does

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Justice. Sources: About DOJ 150 Years of the Department of Justice The Solicitor General in Historical Context Office of the Solicitor General US Marshals Service Cornell Law School - Department of Justice (DOJ)

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about famous landmarks. Sources: 10 Fun Facts About Niagara Falls State Park Gateway Arch Fact Sheet - National Park Service The Significance of the Gateway Arch Landscape - National Park Service Mount Rushmore - Wikipedia Space Needle Facts

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Defense. Sources: U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) - USA.gov United States Department of Defense - Wikipedia Historic Highlights from the Department of War ⁠U.S. Department of War - About ⁠ ⁠⁠Trump Renames DOD to Department of War⁠⁠ ArtI.S8.C16.1 Congress's Power to Organize Militias What Are the Origins of the US N...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the State Department. Sources: The U.S. Department of State: Background and Selected Issues for the 119th Congress Little Known Facts About the Department of State A History of the United States Department of State 1789-1996

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with five facts about the Korean War. Resources: ⁠Korean War ⁠ Eisenhower Presidential Library Five Korean War 'Firsts' Had Lasting Impacts by David Vergun The Declare War Clause, Part 7: The Cold War and Korean War - Congress.gov

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about World War I. References: World War I - History.com 7 facts you may not know about World War I - DoD news 10 inventions that owe their success to World War One - BBC

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Office of Management and Budget. References: 5 Things You Need to Know About the Federal Budget Process from Pantsuit Politics Podcast Office of Management and Budget (OMB): An Overview from Congress.gov Office of Management and Budget from Wikipedia

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Energy. Sources: A Brief History of the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration 75 Breakthroughs by America's National Laboratories Human Genome Project

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Vietnam War. Sources: The Military Draft During the Vietnam War What is Agent Orange? - Aspen Institute Remembering Vietnam: The Story Behind 'The Wall' by Katie Lange THE VIETNAM WAR from A Kid Explains History YouTube

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about suffrage. Sources: Winning the Vote: A History of Voting Rights Kerber, L. K. (Ed.). (2016). Women's America: Refocusing the past . Oxford University Press. Native American Voting Rights from the Library of Congress

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about American Sports. Sources: The lesser-known history of lacrosse, a uniquely American sport - PBS Newshour 1869 Princeton vs. Rutgers football game - Wikipedia Where Basketball was Invented: The History of Basketball - Springfield College The Past and The Curious Episode 84 - Walkin (Part Two) History of Ultimate - World Flying Disc Federa...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA. Sources: Our Mission and What We Do - EPA website The Origins of EPA - EPA website Celebration 50 Years of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report A Look at EPA History: Environmental Wins and Remaining Woes by Eban Goodstein Environmental Enforcer: How Effective Has the EPA Been in Its...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Central Intelligence Agency. Sources: About the CIA History of the CIA What will become of the CIA? by Keith Gessen in the New Yorker About the CIA Memorial Wall Sacred Stars: CIA's Memorial Wall Turns 50

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Small Business Administration. Sources: About SBA Small Business Administration - Wikipedia

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the American Revolutionary War. Facts from exhibits at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about amendments to the U.S. Constitution including the 13, 14, 15, 16, and 19th amendments. The Amendment Process , Harry S. Truman Library Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , Wikipedia The Constitution of the United States, Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Boy Scouts of America Women's...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the Department of Health and Human Services HHS Historical Highlights EBSCO Department of Health and Human Services USA Gov U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) USA Facts What does the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) do? KFF How Does the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Impact Health and Health Ca...

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about American foods. Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Native Foods Cook Unity American cuisine: History, regional styles & iconic dishes Harry and David The Table - History of the Hamburger A Timeline National Geographic “ The Story Behind the Cheesesteak ”

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about notable Americans alive today. Sources: Michael Jordan Career Statistics - ESPN Pope Leo XIV Wikipedia Buzz Aldrin Biographical Data - NASA George Lucas - IMDB

Celebrate America's 250th birthday with five facts about the War of 1812. Sources: Don't Give Up the Ship An Overview of the History of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1861 from American Battlefield Trust War of 1812 Overview: U.S. Navy & America’s Second Fight for Independence from the USS Constitution Museum Don't Know Much About® History: Everything You Need to Know About American History b...