This Week In American History
This Week In American History: April 9th - Apri...
April 9 1865 In Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond,...
This Week In American History: April 9th - Apri...
April 9 1865 In Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Robert E. Lee surrendered his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond,...
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This Week In American History: April 2nd - Apri...
April 2 1917 Jeannette Pickering Rankin, the first woman ever elected to Congress, took her seat in the U.S. Capitol as a representative from Montana. She successfully ran for Congress...
This Week In American History: April 2nd - Apri...
April 2 1917 Jeannette Pickering Rankin, the first woman ever elected to Congress, took her seat in the U.S. Capitol as a representative from Montana. She successfully ran for Congress...
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This Week In American History: March 26th - Apr...
March 26 1951 President Harry S. Truman officially adopted the United States Air Force flag. Unchanged since 1951, the flag consists of the coat of arms, 13 white stars and...
This Week In American History: March 26th - Apr...
March 26 1951 President Harry S. Truman officially adopted the United States Air Force flag. Unchanged since 1951, the flag consists of the coat of arms, 13 white stars and...
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This Week In American History: March 19th - Mar...
March 19 1931 In an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times of the Great Depression, the Nevada state legislature voted to legalize gambling. At the beginning...
This Week In American History: March 19th - Mar...
March 19 1931 In an attempt to lift the state out of the hard times of the Great Depression, the Nevada state legislature voted to legalize gambling. At the beginning...
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This Week In American History: March 12th - Mar...
March 12 1894 Coca-Cola was sold in glass bottles for the first time by Joseph A. Biedenharn, owner of a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi. While only a fountain drink...
This Week In American History: March 12th - Mar...
March 12 1894 Coca-Cola was sold in glass bottles for the first time by Joseph A. Biedenharn, owner of a candy store in Vicksburg, Mississippi. While only a fountain drink...
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This Week In American History: March 5th - Marc...
March 5 1770 A mob of American colonists gathered at the Customs House in Boston and began taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots,...
This Week In American History: March 5th - Marc...
March 5 1770 A mob of American colonists gathered at the Customs House in Boston and began taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who called themselves Patriots,...
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