Words of Freedom / Places & Things U - Z

U
UNCLE SAM
1786 – C. 1866 – THE “UNDERGROUND RAILROAD”
THE UNION
Union forces
The Union Stars
Since 1776 – The United States of America
United States Army Service Forces (quoted)
The United Way – 1887
UNITED WE STAND
UNITY
The U.S.
U.S. Air Force – 1947 (quoted)
U.S. ARMY – SINCE Sep 29, 1789
U.S. Citizens
U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)—Since 1790
U.S. Customs Service – Since 1789
U.S. forces
The U.S.-Iraq War (Mar 2003 - )
U.S. Marine Corps – Nov 10, 1775 (quoted)
THE U.S. MERCHANT MARINE
U.S. National Guard
U.S. National Motto since 1956 (quoted)
U.S. Navy – Since Oct, 15, 1775 (quoted)
The U.S. Police force – since 1845 “The boys in blue”
U.S. Soldiers
U.S.A.
The U.S.S. Constitution—Old Ironsides

V
May 8, 1945 – V E Day
VJ Day (Aug 14, 1945)
VALIANCE
Valley Forge
VALOR
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. (quoted)
Veterans of U.S. armed forces
VICTORY
1959-1975 – The Vietnam War
The Virgin Islands
Virginia Bill of Rights – Jun 12, 1776
Virginia Convention of 1776
Virtue
Vision
Your voice
OUR VOICES
the voices of all
Voices of reason
VOLUNTEERS
THE VOTE
Voters
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Aug 6)

W
(1812-15) The War of 1812
The War in Afghanistan (2001-   )
Aug 7, 1789 – War Department
Washington, D.C. – U.S. capitol since 1800
Watchfulness
We Remember
We, The People, Remember
where we’ve been
where we’re going
WHITE – HOPE, PURITY, INNOCENCE, CLEANLINESS OF LIFE, RECTITUDE OF
CONDUCT
The White House - Since 1800
The Wild West
Wisdom
woman suffrage
(1943) The Women Air Force Service Pilots (WASPS)
Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES) – 1942
Women’s Army Corps (WAC) - 1942
women’s rights
1914-1918 – World War I (U.S. entered 1917)
1939-45 – World War II (U.S. entered 1941)

Y
‘YANKEE DOODLE,’ PLAYED BY THE AMERICAN BAND WHEN THE BRITISH
SURRENDERED AT YORKTOWN, VIRGINIA IN 1781
The Yanks
You
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