Tag: American History

Independence Day?

Filed in National by on July 1, 2011 14 Comments

So I wonder what these people will be celebrating on Monday? According to a new poll by Marist, more than a quarter of Americans couldn’t correctly identify the country from which the United States declared its independence. While 74 percent correctly named Great Britain, 20 percent said they weren’t sure and six percent named other […]

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Don’t Know Much About History

Filed in National by on July 3, 2010 4 Comments
Don’t Know Much About History

26% of Americans can’t properly name the country the U.S. declared independence from in 1776.

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