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American Revolutionary War
The American Revolution was a rebellion and political revolution in the Thirteen Colonies, which saw colonists initiate a war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain. -
The start of the military
This is the day that The United States Military was founded. This was the beginning of protection for the U.S allowing us to start to defend ourselves if needed. -
Start of the Cherokee War
Why did the Cherokee War happen?
The Cherokee War was partly a local, southeastern phase of the French and Indian War and the result of the Cherokees' long-held resentments against abuses by English colonists. -
End Of the Cherokee War
Grant's troops defeated Cherokee forces and systematically destroyed towns and crops. Fifteen towns and fifteen thousand acres of crops were destroyed, breaking the Cherokees' power to wage war. -
The End of The Revolutionary War
the war virtually came to an end when General Cornwallis was surrounded and forced to surrender the British position at Yorktown, Virginia. Two years later, the Treaty of Paris made it official: America was independent. -
U.S Coast Guard gets established
This is the date President George Washington signed the Tariff Act that authorized the construction of ten vessels to enforce federal tariff and trade laws and to prevent smuggling. Beginning the creation of the U.S Coast Guard. -
Civil War starts
The Civil War began with the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, on April 12, 1861. Fort Sumter, situated in the Charleston Harbour, was a Union outpost in the newly seceded Confederate territory. Lincoln, learning that the Fort was running low on food, sent supplies to reinforce the soldiers there. -
The End of the Civil War
The Union won the American Civil War. The war effectively ended in April 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. The final surrender of Confederate troops on the western periphery came in Galveston, Texas, on June 2. -
National Aviation Day
It was in 1939 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the first presidential proclamation designating Aug. 19 Orville Wright's birthday as a day in which citizens are encouraged to participate in activities that promote interest in aviation. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Women Air force Service Pilots Established
The WASP logged more than 60 million miles and flew every plane the Army Air Forces possessed and every type of mission a male pilot flew during WWII except combat. -
Spirit of '45 Day
Spirit of '45 Day, passed unanimously by the U.S. Congress in 2010, honors America's “Greatest Generation” and is observed on the second weekend in August, coinciding with the anniversary of August 14, 1945, the day on which President Truman declared the end of WWII. -
End of War with Japan (Pearl Harbor end)
V-J Day, or Victory over Japan Day, marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history. -
Vietnam War begins
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was a major conflict of the Cold War. -
National Airborne Day
In 2002, President George W. Bush proclaimed August 16 to be National Airborne Day stating: “Airborne combat continues to be driven by the bravery and daring spirit of sky Soldiers. Often called into action with little notice, these forces have earned an enduring reputation for dedication, excellence, and honor.