The British Redcoat
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Washington's Christmas Crossing
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Washington Crossing the Delaware Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (1816-1868) On the evening of December 25, 1776, General George Washington marsha...
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Great explosion in Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Boston's Official Christmas Tree On the morning of December 6, 1917 a French cargo ship loaded with munitions collided in Halifax, Nova ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Boston Tea Party
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The Boston Tea Party took place on this date in 1773. Protesting the British tax on tea a well-organized Boston mob took possession of thr...
Sunday, December 14, 2008
First in War, first in Peace...
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George Washington died on this date (December 14) in 1799 at his Mt. Vernon, Virginia estate after a brief illness. Of all the men responsib...
Thursday, November 27, 2008
A Day of Thanksgiving for a New Nation
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President George Washington's first Thanksgiving Proclamation to the new nation: Thanksgiving Proclamation City of New York, October 3, ...
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