December 16, 1773: The Boston Tea Party
On the night of December 16, 1773, over 100 Bostonians disguised as Mohawk or Narragansett warriors boarded three merchant ships of the British East India Company moored at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston Harbor and proceeded to dump 342 chests of tea overboard in what would become known as the Boston Tea Party. It was organized and carried…
December 7, 1941: A Day of Infamy
In the early morning hours of Sunday December 7, 1941, over 350 Japanese dive bombers, torpedo bombers and fighter aircraft carried out a devastating surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in a day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared would “live in infamy.” The attack was the culmination of months of progressively deteriorating bilateral…
August 27, 1776: The Battle of Long Island
On August 27, 1776, British Redcoats routed General George Washington and his fledgling Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island, paving the way for the seizure of New York City which the British would hold until the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783. The battle was the first major engagement for the Continental…
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