The nation’s capital resided in Pennsylvania before Washington, D.C. However, just where in the state depends on the criteria ...

The First Continental Congress, 1774 The First Continental Congress, 1774 is a mural at Great Experiment Hall, Cox Corridors, in the U.S. Capitol, created by Allyn Cox.

The first U.S. flag, as adopted by Congress, features 13 alternating red and white stripes along with 13 stars positioned in ...

In the fall of 1774, Adams and 55 other delegates journeyed all manner of distances by foot, horseback and carriage to Philadelphia for the First Continental Congress.

The Congress had barely recovered from this shock when it learned that, for the first time since he has been in the White House, ... the Continental Congress remembered to applaud.