While the ease of sending a message over WhatsApp or an email is far less cumbersome, a letter with a hand-pasted postage stamp exudes nostalgia and is perhaps a meaningful way to profess love this Va ...

1855: A new preparatory school, the Maine State Seminary — later to become Bates College ... 1861: Fifteen students petition for college instruction. Later, in 1862, another group of students, “some ...

The following are the official documents: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON, Feb. 4, 1862. Robert Murray ... herewith signed my name and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

You’ll also see seals, reptiles and a glimpse of the Louisiana ... This French Quarter fixture since 1862 serves the the best cafe au lait alongside hot, fresh beignets at all hours.

Here are a few interesting points about how the motto was used during the Civil War: The 125th Pennsylvania Infantry adopted the motto "In God We Trust" in 1862 ... seal of Florida and the state ...

The phrase appears on the university's official seal as Universitas V ... public status with the passage of the Morrill Land-Grant College Act in 1862 and the addition of the State Agricultural ...

Illinois residents can play a role in history by voting on the new state flag design. Time is running out, however, as Friday ...

A bill requiring public school districts in South Dakota to display the state motto “Under God, the People Rule” in ...

The Nasarawa State Government has sealed the operations of Timadix Geomin Consult Nigeria Limited, a lithium mining company in the Kokona Local Government Area, due to alleged violations of mining ...

It’s the first seal sighting in the Peach State in years, and only the third on state record. “When we first saw it, we thought it was a manatee,” said Elliot Hillock, who spotted the seal this week.

Lawmakers in Washington state are considering a proposal that would force clergy ... as Catholic organizations argue that not only would the law violate the “seal of confession,” but it would also put ...

The state flag is essentially a white background with just the state seal — a bald eagle with the state motto in its mouth standing on a rock bearing the year of the state’s incorporation ...