On This Day: 401 Years Ago, The Mayflower Landed
Sunday, 21 November 2021
401 years ago today, November 21st, 102 passengers and 30 crew on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock near modern day Cape Cod, Massachusetts after 10 weeks at sea. The
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On This Day: Samuel Adams is Born
Monday, 27 September 2021
On September 27, 1722, Samuel Adams was born to Samuel Adams, Sr. and Mary (Fifield) Adams. Samuel was one of twelve children only three of whom survived past their 3rd
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On This Day : “The Kings Mountain Messenger” was Born
Sunday, 08 August 2021
On this day, August 8, 1754 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joseph Greer was born. One of eleven children, his family would move to the frontier of Staunton, Virginia and later the Watauga River area
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On This Day: George Washington Creates Three Military Honors
Saturday, 07 August 2021
In his General Orders of August 7, 1782 issued from his headquarters in Newburgh, New York, George Washington decreed the creation of two Honorary Badges of Distinction and a Badge
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On This Day: First Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence
Friday, 09 July 2021
On July 9, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read for the first time in New York in front of George Washington and his troops. In reaction to what had
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On This Day: Hugh M. Brackenridge Delivers an Eulogium
Monday, 05 July 2021
On July 5, 1779, Hugh M. Brackenridge delivers an Eulogium to those gathered in Pennsylvania to honor those who have fallen during the Revolutionary War: “IT is the high reward
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On This Day: Colonel Israel Angell
Tuesday, 04 May 2021
On this day, May 4, 1918, the relocated graves of Colonel Israel Agnell and his first wife, Martha, were dedicated at a ceremony in Providence, Rhode Island. Israel Agnell was born
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On This Day: The Massachusetts Spy
Friday, 16 April 2021
The Massachusetts Spy was a colonial weekly newspaper founded in 1770 by Isaiah Thomas and his former master, Zechariah Fowle; later Thomas would buy out Fowle to become sole publisher.
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On This Day: Thomas Jefferson is Born
Tuesday, 13 April 2021
Thomas Jefferson, principle author of the Declaration of Independence, representative for Virginia to the Continental Congress, 3rd President of the United States, 1st Secretary of State under George Washington, 2nd Governor
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On This Day: Patrick Henry
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
If you’ve only heard the last line, Patrick Henry’s speech to the Virginia legislature on March 23rd, 1775 is worth reading in it’s entirety. Henry spoke as a delegate to
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