He did though begin his great project to create a new version of the Bible in English that would be used in both kingdoms. And he set about designing a new British flag. Yet despite this intense ...

amid rising tensions between Colonists and Great Britain. In 1777, Congress orders the creation of a flag featuring "stars in a new constellation"—the Stars and Stripes. 140 YEARS AGO ...

Carrying the flag for the ceremony is considered a huge ... Helen Glover are the two athletes who have been selected as Great Britain’s flagbearers for Friday’s Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

From another point of view they were essentially dramatic, and proved British officers and men the peers of the Englishmen who made the reign of Queen Elizabeth illustrious. The capture of Bagdad in ...