Mark Wolf

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 […]

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 […]

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 persons had to cultivate […]

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 y […]

Abraham Lincoln Nominated. On This Day, May 18th, 1860 a one-time U.S. representative from Illinois, Lincoln is nominated for the U.S. presidency by the Republican National Convention meeting in Chicago, Illinois. […]

BREAKING: Trump is not incompetent, he is destroying 8 years of Liberal Lunacy intentionally, and by the sounds of a media in agony, I would say whatever it is he is doing, it’s working.

Never before has the D […]

On this day, May 17th, in 1769, George Washington launches a legislative salvo at Great Britain’s fiscal and judicial attempts to maintain its control over the American colonies. With his sights set on p […]

On this day in, May 16th, 1777, British-born Georgia Patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence Button Gwinnett receives a bullet wound in a duel with his political rival, Georgia city Whig Lachlan […]

On this day, May 15th,  in 1781, a 352-man-strong Loyalist force commanded by Major Andrew Maxwell surrenders a fortified frame building, named Fort Granby, to a Patriot force in South Carolina.

Maxwell is […]

On  this day, May 14th, in 1804. a year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clark expedition leaves St. Louis, Missouri, on a mission to explore the Northwest […]

On May 13, 1846, In a dispute over Texas, President James K. Polk declares war on Mexico, when the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of  hist request.

Under the threat of war, the United States had r […]

After a siege that began on April 2, 1780, Americans suffer their worst defeat of the revolution on this day, May 12th, in 1780, when Major General Benjamin Lincoln  and his army of 10,000 are forced to […]

On this day May 11th, in 1776, in a letter addressed to the president of Congress, American General George Washington recommends raising companies of German-Americans to use against the German mercenaries […]

Your HT (Handie Talkie) is going to be your first important communications purchase. Forget about regular walkie talkies or FRS radios, they are restricted to transmitting on a half a watt only. You can also get […]

On this day May 10th, in 1869, the presidents of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads meet in Promontory, Utah, and drive a ceremonial last spike into a rail line that connects their railroads. This […]

On this day, May 10th, in 1775, Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold lead a successful attack on Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York, while the Second Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The […]

On this day, May 9th,  in 1791, Francis Hopkinson, signer of the Declaration of Independence and the first American secular composer, dies suddenly of a seizure in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Hopkinson was born […]

On this day, May 8th, in 1792, Congress passes the second portion of the Militia Act, requiring that every free able-bodied white male citizen of the respective States, resident therein, who is or shall be of age […]