This Day in History: The United States gets its name

Thomas Jefferson is credited with coming up with the name.

From day 1 to year 250: What the United States was like on each of its milestone anniversaries

What started as a ragtag group of colonies that barely held itself together has grown into something the Founders could never ...
Pew Research Center

The United States at 250: How the Country Has Changed in the Past 50 Years

In July, the United States will celebrate its 250th anniversary. The country’s last major milestone was 50 years ago, at its bicentennial on July 4, 1976. U.S. society has changed profoundly since ...
The Columbian

What does ‘united’ mean in today’s U.S.? Notion of unified country has evolved over the years

NEW YORK — The aspirations cut a wide swath through American history since 1776 — from the “All men are created equal” of the Declaration of Independence and the “We the people” of the Constitution, ...