Maryland had four delegates to the Second Continental Congress, which adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Charles Carroll had the most to lose.
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Retired Texas Air National Guard Pilot Recalls Protecting Air Force One on 9/11
Retired Air Force Col. Rolando Aguilar, a former Texas Air National Guard F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot, remembers the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a day off that turned into a scramble to intercept an inbound aircraft he didn’t yet know was Air Force One.
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The 'Date Which Will Live in Infamy': How Much Do You Know?
Test your knowledge about the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, that took American lives and led the United States into World War II.
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Land vs. Sea: Test Your Army-Navy Game Knowledge
Who will “sing second” this year? See how much you know about one of the oldest college football rivalries.
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Remembering Pearl Harbor
On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and propelled the nation into World War II.
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Celebrating Holiday Troop Traditions
Not even Santa can escape our radar. And tracking him is only one of the many ways troops celebrate the holidays.
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DOD in Photos 2024
DOD in Photos focuses in on the people and activities of the Defense Department around the world while highlighting the extraordinary work of military photographers who capture it all.
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Where Military Mountaineers Are Made
Mountaineering has long been a necessary skill for U.S. service members in battle and at the Army Mountain Warfare School, they learn from some of the best.
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For Love of the Game: Baseball's Impact on the Navy
From its introduction into the Navy in the late 1800s, baseball became a phenomenon that U.S. sailors — many of whom were Major League pros — helped to spread around the world.
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APOD: 2026 September 13 – Comet NEOWISE Rising over the Adriatic Sea
APOD
Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Comet NEOWISE Rising Over the Adriatic Sea
Explanation: This sight was worth getting out of bed early. Just over four years ago, Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) rose before dawn to the delight of northern sky enthusiasts awake that early. Up before sunrise on July 8th, the featured photographer was able to capture in dramatic fashion one of the few comets visible to the unaided eye this century, an inner-Solar System intruder that has become known as the Great Comet of 2020. The resulting video detailed Comet NEOWISE from Italy rising over the Adriatic Sea. The featured time-lapse video combines over 240 images taken over 30 minutes. The comet was seen rising through a foreground of bright and undulating noctilucent clouds, and before a background of distant stars. Comet NEOWISE remained unexpectedly bright for over a month, with its ion and dust tails found to emanate from a nucleus spanning about five kilometers across.
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Tomorrow’s picture: open space
| Date | September 13, 2026 |
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| Credit & Copyright | Paolo Girotti |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Keighley Rockcliffe |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |
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