Public schools in the United States have to be neutral about religion, even though they close for holidays like Christmas.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

He is the first person to be tried on piracy charges in the United States in more than one hundred years.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Last year, Selena Gomez became the youngest person to be named a United Nations Children's Fund Ambassador in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.10.08

He will be inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States, and the first black president, on January 20th.

VOA: special.2009.01.12

But he was also right that it would be the first step toward ending slavery in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.05.10

Barbara Jordan became the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Congress to represent Texas.

VOA: special.2010.05.09

He says Mister Clinton's visit could be seen as the United States softening its policy on North Korea.

VOA: special.2009.08.08

The young policeman thought anyone who claimed to be the emperor of the United State might be a danger to the public.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

The system helped cause the South to be the poorest part of the United States for many years.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

It said a citizen of the United States could not be prevented from voting because of his color.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The convention named former United States Senator Jefferson Davis to be president of the Confederate States of America.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

He will not be disturbed by United States authorities as long as he honors this agreement and obeys the laws where he lives.'

VOA: special.2009.12.24

All questions on slavery in these two territories must be decided by the United States Supreme Court.

VOA: special.2009.03.05

Yet,Joshua Abraham Norton declared himself to be Emperor of the United States on September seventeenth, eighteen fifty-nine.

VOA: special.2009.12.14

Smithson wanted his money to be given to the United States to start an organization in Washington designed to increase and spread knowledge.

VOA: special.2010.10.22

He did so for two reasons: Calhoun believed that Texas should be part of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

Susan Bass says that this year's Earth Day will be a busy one in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

The research suggested that increases in pulmonary infections in the United States may be linked to people taking more showers than traditional baths.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

He knew that if he opened fire, the United States and South Carolina would be at war.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

For example,"The One Man Village" will be shown in the United States for the first time.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

In addition, more than ten million immigrants are thought to be in the United States illegally.

VOA: special.2010.05.07

The first men's hockey game will be between the United States and Switzerland on February sixteenth.

VOA: special.2010.02.10

They wanted to set up a government for the United States where slavery would be banned.

VOA: special.2009.11.06