On this day, May 31st in 1775, the committeemen of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, meet and respond to news of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, the first battles of the American Revolution, with a […]
On This Day, May 30, 1431. At Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy. Joan was born in 1412, […]
By proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, the first major Memorial Day observance is held to honor those who died “in defense of their country during the late […]
The Fall of Constantinople was the capture of the capital of the Byzantine Empire by an invading Muslim army of the Ottoman Empire on this day, May 29th 1453. The Ottomans were commanded by the […]
On this day in 1775, John Hancock is elected president of the Second Continental Congress. John Hancock is best known for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence, which he jested the British could […]
At Sag Harbor, On this Day, May 23rd, 1777, New York, Patriot troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Return Jonathan Meigs raid and capture several British vessels and burn Redcoat supplies. With the help […]
On this day, May 22nd, in 1781, Major General Nathanael Greene and 1,000 Patriots attempt an attack on the critical village of Ninety-Six in the South Carolina backcountry. After failing to seize the fortified settlement, […]
On this day, May 21st, in 1758, 10-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, by Lenape Indians; she becomes an icon of the French and Indian War and backcountry experience. […]
On This Day, May 20th, 1862, The Union Congress passes the Homestead Act, allowing an adult over the age of 21, male or female, to claim 160 acres of land from the public domain. Eligible […]
On this day, May 19th, in 1795, Josiah Bartlett, a New Hampshire Patriot and signatory of the Declaration of Independence who also served as the state’s governor and Supreme Court chief justice, dies. Over 200 […]
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