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The Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battle of the Revolutionary War and the start towards American independence -
The Battle of Baltimore
a war that was fought on the sea and on the land in the war of 1812 -
The Adoption of the Star Spangled Banner as the National Anthem
the words for the Star Spangled Banner were made by Francis Scott Key on September 14th, 1814 and it was adopted as the national anthem by U.S. Congress in 1931 -
The Battle of the Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo was part of the Texas Revolution were the state became independent and later part of the U.S. -
The sinking of the USS Maine
an unknown explosion sank the battleship U.S.S. Maine in the Havana, Cuba harbor, killing 266 people