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This Day in History: Eastern Airlines Flight 401
On this day in 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashes in the Everglades. The jumbo jet had been making a late evening flight from New...
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Dec 29, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Mum Bett fights slavery in Massachusetts
On this day in 1829, Elizabeth Freeman passes away. The woman better known as “Mum Bett” was the first woman to be declared free from...
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Dec 28, 20213 min read
This Day in History: James L. Stone, Medal recipient
On this day in 1922, a hero is born. Colonel James L. Stone would be so humble about his service in Korea that his wife Mary didn’t...
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Dec 27, 20213 min read
This Day in History: The Eggnog Riot
On this Christmas Eve in 1826, military cadets at West Point riot. This nearly forgotten, alcohol-fueled uprising has come to be known as...
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Dec 24, 20213 min read
This Day in History: General George Washington resigns
On this day in 1783, General George Washington resigns his commission as Commander-in-Chief of the American army. Okay. So we’ve all...
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Dec 23, 20212 min read
This Day in History: Kenneth M. Taylor, hero of Pearl Harbor
On this day in 1919, a future U.S. Army Air Corps pilot is born. Kenneth M. Taylor would become one of the few American aviators to get...
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Dec 23, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Robert Barnwell, (almost) forgotten Patriot
On this day in 1761, South Carolina patriot Robert Barnwell is born. He’s one of those guys whose life is mostly lost to history. We have...
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Dec 21, 20212 min read
This Day in History: The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
On this day in 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first sustained, powered flight of a heavier-than-air machine under the complete...
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Dec 17, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Happy Bill of Rights Day!
On this day in 1791, Virginia ratifies the Bill of Rights, making those ten constitutional amendments the law of the land. The Bill of...
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Dec 15, 20213 min read
This Day in History: George Washington’s final wish
On this day in 1799, George Washington writes one of the last letters that he would ever write. He couldn’t then know it, but he was mere...
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Dec 12, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Sherman’s March to the Sea
On this day in 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman’s notorious “March to the Sea” would reach the outskirts of Savannah, Georgia....
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Dec 10, 20213 min read
This Day in History: “A date which will live in infamy”
On this day in 1941, Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the United States Congress. The Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor just one day...
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Dec 8, 20212 min read
This Day in History: The Girl Who Saved the Revolution
On this day in 1764, a heroine is born in Virginia. Susanna Bolling would go on to perform a little-known feat that helped George...
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Dec 5, 20212 min read
This Day in History: An early form of biological warfare?
On this day in 1775, Americans receive a report that the British were working to spread smallpox among their ranks. Was it an early form of biological warfare? Smallpox was a major problem during the American Revolution. The Army Heritage Center Foundation explains: “Because smallpox was common in England, most British soldiers had already been exposed and were immune, but the disease was less common in America and the average Continental Soldier was not.” Interestingly, Geor
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Dec 3, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence
On this day in 2005, retired Navy Vice Admiral William “Bill” Lawrence passes away. Decades earlier, Lawrence had been a prisoner of war...
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Dec 2, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Brigadier General Roscoe Cartwright
On this day in 1974, Brigadier General Roscoe “Rock” Cartwright is killed in a plane crash. The tragedy came just as Cartwright was...
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Dec 1, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Winston Churchill is born
On this day in 1874, Sir Winston Churchill is born. This adopted American is best known, of course, for serving as Prime Minister of the...
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Nov 30, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Rescue at the Greenland Ice Cap
On this day in 1942, Coast Guard Lt. John Pritchard prepares for a rescue mission. The young pilot would miraculously save two men from...
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Nov 28, 20213 min read
This Day in History: The General who almost superseded George Washington
On this day in 1727, a Patriot is born. In later years, some people would think that Artemas Ward was the obvious choice to lead the...
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Nov 26, 20213 min read
This Day in History: Platoon Sergeant Matthew Leonard saves his men
On this day in 1929, a hero is born in Eutaw, Alabama. Matthew Leonard grew up in the midst of the segregated South—but he rose above it....
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Nov 26, 20213 min read
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