[sierrahome]

We basically went from:
The United States "Are", to
The United Stated "Is".

[stand watie]

YEP!

NOT a GOOD thing, imVho!

free dixie,sw

[The Iguana]

We basically went from: The United States "Are", to The United States "Is".

I think Bruce Catton first made that point.

It's an insightful one.

[capitan_refugio]

We basically went from:
The United States "Are", to
The United Stated "Is".

That what historian Shelby Foote noted in the Burns documentary on the Civil War.