U. S. History
OPERATION RED WINGS American forces in Afghanistan knew that terrorists were planning to do everything they
Back at the main column, General Terry and Colonel Gibbon watched as a lone horseman, Bradley’s
Late into the afternoon of Thursday, March 29, 1945, the warm, languid breezes blowing off the
In March 1775, representatives from Virginia’s counties met to choose delegates to the Second Continental Congress,
April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses
March 9, 1862 saw the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (CSS Virginia)—one of the
President Lincoln’s Hand-Written March 4, 1861 Inaugural Aress (click on image below to view, credit: Library
The man who named that flag, Francis Scott Key, witnessed the Battle of Baltimore aboard a
In his April 14, 1986 aress to the nation on the United States Air Strike Against
October 23, 1983, a suicide bomber killed 241 Marines in Beirut. Just a few days later,
