U.S. History
Why Front Porches Slowly Disappeared
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U.S. HistoryFact34Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was the U.S. capital for one day.
Washington, D.C., was officially established as the U.S. capital on July 16, 1790, when the Residence Act moved it from Philadelphia. The capital had moved a few other times during…
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U.S. HistoryArticle66What Did U.S. Money Look Like in the 1800s?
While the Coinage Act of 1792 established the United States Mint and the dollar as the unit of currency for the fledgling nation, it was quite some time before a…
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U.S. HistoryArticle95How the Postal Service Created the ZIP Code
Even with the decline of letter writing in the digital age, the ZIP code remains an American institution, a neat five-digit number that caps an address and, like an area…
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U.S. HistoryArticle84The Secret Service Code Names of 9 U.S. Presidents
Ever since Harry S. Truman’s presidential terms, from 1945 until 1953, presidents have been given descriptive code names used by the Secret Service to provide an added layer of anonymity…






