These 12 Fortune 500 companies have survived wars, crashes, and over 200 years of U.S. history

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As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, a handful of its largest companies are marking a different kind of milestone: histories that stretch back nearly to the nation’s founding—or even before it existed. Among the recently-released 2026 Fortune 500—a ranking of the largest U.S. corporations based annual revenue—several firms trace their roots to the […]

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