History

[image] Tuesday 3 March 1663 (Shrove Tuesday). Up and walked to the Temple, and by promise calling Commissioner Pett, he and I to White Hall to give Mr. Coventry an account of what we did yesterday. Thence I to the Privy Seal Office … And here (dinner) Mrs. The. shewed me my name upon

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[image] March 30, 1867: America bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million, roughly 2 cents an acre. Many thought it was a crazy purchase and called it "Seward's Icebox" after Secretary of State William Seward and President Johnson's “polar bear garden".

[image] On April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in American history came to a tragic end. William Henry Harrison, the 9th President, had delivered the longest inaugural address in U.S. history—lasting nearly two hours in cold, wet weather—just 32 days earlier. He caught pneumonia

[image] 𝙼𝙰𝙺𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝙸𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷𝚃𝚂 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙴𝙽𝙹𝙾𝚈 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈 𝙼𝙾𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙳𝙰𝚈. Have a triumphant Tuesday 💥 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢☕ 🩷💙 #GoodMorning

[image] On this day, April 4, 1818, the United States Congress passed the Flag Act, forever shaping one of America’s most enduring symbols. With the nation rapidly expanding westward, lawmakers decreed that the Stars and Stripes would feature 13 permanent red and white stripes

[image] Independence Hall 🇺🇸 By Robert Finale

[image] First Baptist Church Meeting House, Providence, Rhode Island, 1850 — Unknown photographer (daguerreotype) This church is the third meeting house of the congregation founded in 1638 by Roger Williams. One of the oldest Baptist churches in America.

[image] Pickett's Charge, Cemetery Ridge, Pennsylvania, July 3, 1863 — Mort Künstler painting, "The High Water Mark," 1988

[image] Happy 236th Birthday to President John Tyler. Born March 29, 1790 in Charles City County, Virginia. A true son of the Old Dominion and strict constructionist, Tyler became the 10th President and firmly set the precedent that the Vice President fully assumes the office. He vetoed

[image] 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜. — Eleanor Roosevelt 𓂃✍︎