by Kenny | Sep 19, 2015 | Freedomsystem
1737 – Charles Carroll (d.1832), American patriot and legislator, was born. He was the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration and his signature read Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Charles Carroll of Carrollton (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832) was a...
by Kenny | Sep 19, 2015 | Freedomsystem
During the Revolutionary War, American soldiers won the first Battle of Saratoga, aka Battle of Freeman’s Farm (Bemis Heights). First of two battles that led to the British surrender at Saratoga (American War of Independence). Having reached the Hudson on his march...
by Kenny | Sep 19, 2015 | Freedomsystem
In it, America’s first chief executive advised, “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” Washington wrote the letter near the end of his second term as President, before his retirement to his home Mount Vernon....
by Kenny | Sep 18, 2015 | Freedomsystem
On 18 SEP 1918, near the French village of Epehy, the British 4th Army, commanded by Sir Henry Rawlinson, attacks German forward outposts in front of the Hindenburg Line, Germany’s last line of defense on the Western Front during World War I. Named by the British for...
by Kenny | Sep 18, 2015 | Freedomsystem
DAY, MATTHIAS W. Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, 9th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Las Animas Canyon, N. Mex., 18 September 1879. Entered service at: Oberlin, Ohio. Birth: Mansfield, Ohio. Date of issue: 7 May 1890. Citation: Advanced alone into the...
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