Bank of America's legacy of building the American dream

Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan on Monday sent a letter to shareholders along with the firm's annual report that detailed the bank's history and its role in America's growth as the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the country's founding. Moynihan noted that Bank of America's oldest legacy institution, The Massachusetts Bank, was formed in 1784, just one year after the Revolutionary War concluded with the Treaty of Paris. The bank's depositors helped the firm grow by lending money to ...