Mark Wolf

Flag Day – During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress adopts a resolution stating that “the flag of the United States be thirteen alternate stripes red and white” and that “the Union be thirt […]

On this day, June 13th in 1777, a 19-year-old French aristocrat, Marie-Joseph Paul Roch Yves Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arrives in South Carolina with the intent to serve as General George […]

On the 12th of June, 1775, General Thomas Gage was at the end of his patience and very nearly at the end of his career. The commander of British military forces in North America and governor of Massachusetts had […]

On this day, June 11th, in 1776, the Continental Congress selects Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman of Connecticut and Robert R. Livingston […]

On this day, June 10th, in 1775, John Adams proposes to Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, that the men laying siege to Boston should be considered a Continental Army led by a general.

The men who had armed […]

On this day, June 9th, 1772, colonists, angered by the British Parliament’s passing of the Townshend Acts restricting colonial trade, blacken their faces and board the HMS Gaspee, an armed British customs sc […]

On this day, June 7th, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia introduces a resolution for independence to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia; John Adams seconds the motion. The Lee resolution declared: “That th […]

On this day in June 6th, 1775, Marinus Willett and a small group of Sons of Liberty confront British soldiers and seize five wagonloads of weapons as the Redcoats evacuate New York City.

Willet was born in […]

Although the term D-Day is used routinely as military lingo for the day an operation or event will take place, for many it is also synonymous with June 6, 1944, the day the Allied powers crossed the English […]

On this day in 1774, the British Parliament renews the Quartering Act, allowing Redcoats to stay in private American homes if necessary. The Quartering Act, in conjunction with the Massachusetts Government Act, […]

On This Day, June 1st 1779, the court-martial of Benedict Arnold convenes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After a relatively clean record in the early days of the American Revolution, Arnold was charged with 13 […]

Kabul, Afghanistan – at 8:18am local time this morning a massive bomb exploded in the heart of the Diplomatic District. The Kabul bombing took place in the Diplomatic District which is considered one of the most s […]

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 series […]

Pacific Command Set to Deploy USS-Nimitz

Pacific Command has recently announced a deployment of the USS Nimitz  CVN-68 Carrier Strike Group to the Asian Pacific and the Sea of Japan. (1) This action heightens t […]

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, the daughter of a tenant […]

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 rebellion.” Kno […]

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 then 21-year-old […]

Friday Morning, May 26th, a group of Coptic Christians Massacred, were on their way to attend service at the Monetary of St. Samuel the Confessor, when the bus they were in was surrounded by 3 SUV’s that i […]

TODAY’S HOTSPOT – Philippines Terror attack in Marawi City

Todays Hotspot May 25th, 2017, is Marawi City, capital city of the province of Lanao del Sur on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines.

The P […]