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DOUNIAMAG-PUERTORICO-ENTERTAINMENT-US-MUSIC-POVERTYA view of the neighbourhood of La Perla where the video "Despacito" was recorded in San Juan, on July 22, 2017. Something unusual is happening in La Perla, a poor barrio clinging to a steep hillside between Old San Juan and the sea where the video for the pop hit "Despacito" was filmed. / AFP PHOTO / Ricardo ARDUENGO (Photo credit should read RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Puerto Rico

Native Population Puerto Rico’s native Taíno population—whose hunter-gatherer ancestors settled the island more than 1,000 years before the Spanish arrived—called it Borinquén, and referred to themselves as boricua (a term that is still used today). During his second expedition to the Indies in 1493, Christopher Columbus returned several Taíno captives to Borinquén and claimed the […]

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A military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, Beijing, China, 2015. (Credit: Xinhua/Wang Dingchang via Getty Images)

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These Historic Military Parades Turned Heads

From ancient Rome to contemporary Paris, the flexing of military muscle is a longstanding tradition.

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Comic illustration of Franklin with a turkey.

Did Benjamin Franklin propose the turkey as the national symbol?

After the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, it next tasked Benjamin Franklin—along with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson—with designing a seal to represent the new country. Given the opportunity to choose a national symbol, the Founding Father never suggested a turkey. According to his notes, Franklin proposed an image […]

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Uncle Sam on a vintage U.S. postage stamp.

Who Was the Inspiration for ‘Uncle Sam’?

Uncle Sam is a common nickname for the United States or the country’s federal government. According to legend, the name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812.  The Sam Wilson Story The most popular theory concerns […]

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Hands Across America, Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

Remembering Hands Across America

Take a look back at Hands Across America, the charity event in which 5 million people formed a human chain across the United States.

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