Today in U.S. history: On March 30, 1867 the United States acquired Alaska from Russia. The 586,412 square miles worth of land cost the U.S. $7.2 million. The Alaska purchase marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America. Further, this allowed the U.S. to rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region. History Beginning in … [Read more...]
National Vietnam War Veterans Day 2022
The final U.S. combat troops left Vietnam on March 29, 1973 and the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam was officially disestablished. Suitably, the designation of National Vietnam War Veterans Day on March 29 began in 2017 when President Trump signed the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017. Prior to the Recognition Act of 2017, in 2012 the U.S. began a 13-year … [Read more...]
Freedom of Information Day
Freedom of Information Day - FOID March 16th is Freedom of Information Day. Congress passed the Freedom of Information Act in 1967. Promoting the idea that “a well-informed citizenry can take part in the important decisions that set the present and future course of the Nation.” Additionally, President James Madison was born March 16th, 1751. Therefore, government officials chose this … [Read more...]
FDR Signs the Lend-Lease Act
On this day in U.S. History: FDR Signs the Lend-Lease Act on March 11, 1941. The Lend Lease Act states that the U.S. government could lend or lease war supplies, rather than sell. However, the Act further states that these supplies may only be leased to a nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States.” Most importantly, passage of the Act enabled a struggling Great Britain to … [Read more...]
1965 Civil Rights March
1965 Civil Rights March March 7, 1965: the Selma Civil Rights March took place almost 100 years after the Civil War. Although so much had changed, the country was still steeped in racial inequality and overt racism. As well as, “separate, but equal” standards of living; due to Jim Crow. Although Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, African Americans saw little change. … [Read more...]
Persian Gulf War Ends
Historical Conflict On August 2, 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait, sparking the international conflict known as the Persian Gulf War. Saddam Hussein lead the invasion with an eye to acquire the nation’s largest oil reserve. However, Hussein also sought to expand Iraq’s region of power. This would mark the first international crisis since the end of the Cold War. The Persian Gulf War “would … [Read more...]
