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- INDICATES --- FLY OUR FLAG
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-INDICATES - FLY OUR FLAG AT 1/2 STAFF (additional
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January |
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1st
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New Years Day |
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1st
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1951 Chinese push UN forces south of the 38th parallel
- Korean War |
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1st
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1863 Emancipation Proclamation |
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8th
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1967 Operation Cedar Falls - Vietnam War |
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14th
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1972 The 173rd Airborne Brigade was de-activated |
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* 3rd Monday
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Martin Luuther King Jr. Day |
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17th
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1991 Operation Desert Storm - Gulf War |
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* 20th
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Inauguration Day |
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20th |
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1968 Battle of Khe Sanh - Vietnam War |
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22nd |
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1944 Anzio invasion - WWII |
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25th |
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1951 Operation Thunderbolt - Korean War |
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25th
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2002 The 173rd 2/503 Battalion was re-activated |
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27th
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1973 Treaty of Paris was signed - Vietnam War |
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27th |
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1943 First U.S. Air Raid on Germany |
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31st
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1865 The 13th Amendment was approved to abolish slavery |
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February |
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1st
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National Freedom Day |
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1st |
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1944 1st Battle of Monte Cassino |
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2nd
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1848 Treaty of Guadalupe - War with Mexico |
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3rd
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"Four Chaplains Day" in honor of WWII heroes
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4th
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1899 Philippine War started
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* 12th
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Abraham Lincoln´s birthday |
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14th
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1966 Rochester adopts the 173rd Airborne |
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Week - National Salute Hospitalized Veterans |
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15th
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1898 USS Maine sunk - Spanish American War |
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* 3rd Monday
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Presidents Day |
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19th
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1945 The Battle of Iwo Jima - WWII |
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22nd
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1967 The 1st 173rd parachute assault in Vietnam
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* 22nd
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George Washington´s Birthday |
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23rd
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1945 First flag raising on Iwo Jima at 10:20AM - WWII |
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23rd
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1945 Iwo Jima 2nd flag raising at 02:30 PM - WWII |
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24th
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1991 Desert Storm ground assault - Gulf War |
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26th |
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1991 Marines retook Kuwait Embassy |
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27th
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1942 Battle of Java Sea -WWII |
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28th
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1991 Kuwait liberated - Persian Gulf War |
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March |
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2nd
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1991 UN and Iraq agreed to cease fire - Gulf War |
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3rd
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1931 Star Spangled Banner became the National Anthem |
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5th
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1770 Boston Massacre prior to the Revolutionary War |
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8th
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1965 First Marine Units land in Vietnam |
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16th |
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1802 U.S. Military Academy established |
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19th |
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2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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26th
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1963 The 173rd was activated at Okinawa, Japan |
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29th
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1973 The last U.S. troops left Vietnam |
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April |
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1st
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1945 Invasion of Okinawa, Japan - WWII |
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6th
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1917 America enters WWI |
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6th
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1991 Iraq accepts cease fire - Persian Gulf War |
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6th |
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Army Day |
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8th
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1865 Lee surrenders - Civil War |
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10th
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1942 Bataan Death March - WWII |
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11th
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1783 Congress declares War end with Britain |
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11th
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1991 Cease Fire takes effect - Gulf War |
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12th
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1861 Attack on Fort Sumter started the Civil War |
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14th
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1865 Lincoln was Assassinated |
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16th
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1953 Battle of Pork Chop Hill - Korean War |
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18th
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1942 Doolittle raid on Japan - WWII |
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18th
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1865 Johnston surrenders ending fighting - Civil War |
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19th
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1775 Start of the Revolutionary War |
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21st
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1898 War with Spain |
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27th
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1805 First U.S. Flag raised over foreign soil |
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28th |
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1945 Hitler committed suicide |
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29th
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1975 Operation Frequent Wind - Vietnam War |
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30th
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1975 Saigon falls - Vietnam |
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May |
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1st
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Loyalty Day/Law Day |
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2nd
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1975 U.S. Navy departs from Vietnamese waters |
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4th
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1942 Battle of Coral Sea - WWII |
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4th
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1994 Operation Restore Hope - Somalia |
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5th
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1965 173rd 1st combat unit in Vietnam |
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5th |
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1945 Last Merchant ship sunk by U Boat |
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6th |
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1942 Battle of Coral Sea |
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* 2nd Sunday
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Mother´s Day |
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7th
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1915 Sinking of the Lusitania prior to WWI |
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7th
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1945 Germany surrenders - WWII |
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8th
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1945 VE Day (Victory in Europe) |
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10th
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1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill - Vietnam War |
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12th
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1846 U.S. declares war with Mexico |
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13th
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1908 The Navy Nurse Corps established |
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** 15th
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Peace Officers Memorial Day |
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* 3rd Saturday
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Armed Forces Day |
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22nd
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National Maritime Day |
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23rd |
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1944 Breakout at Anzio |
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25th |
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1787 Constitutional Convention started |
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27th |
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2004 Dedication of WWII Memorial |
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30th
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1838 Memorial Day was designated |
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** Last Monday
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Memorial Day observed (flag at half-staff till noon) |
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JUNE |
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1st
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1918 Battle for Belleau - WWI |
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4th
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1942 Battle of Midway - WWII |
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6th
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1944 Operation Overlord, D Day - WWII |
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10th
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1951 Battle for Punchbowl - Korean War |
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12th
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1775 Merchant Marines established |
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12th
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2000 173rd re-activated in Vicenza, Italy |
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12th |
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1948 Women Authorized in Marine Corps |
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* 14th
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Flag Day |
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14th
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1775 U.S. Army established |
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15th |
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1944 Landing at Saipan |
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3rd Sunday
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Fathers Day |
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17th
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1775 Battle of Bunker Hill - Revolutionary War |
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18th
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1812 War of 1812 with Great Britain |
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19th
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1944 Marianas Turkey Shoot - WWII |
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24th
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1948 Berlin Air Lift |
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** 25th
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1950 North Korea invades South Korea |
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25th
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1995 Idea born for Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial |
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25th
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2000 Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial Dedicated |
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26th
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1918 Marines captured Belleau-Wood - WWI |
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July |
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1st
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1863 Battle of Gettysburg - Civil War |
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2nd
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1926 U.S. Army Air Corps established |
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* 4th
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1776 Independence Day |
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4th
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1902 End of Philippines War |
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5th
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1950 First U.S. ground action - Korean War |
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10th
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1951 Korean peace talks begin |
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16th
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1995 Start of S.E. MN Veterans Memorial committee |
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17th
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1952 Battle at Old Baldy - Korean War |
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21st
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1861 First battle at Bull Run - Civil War |
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24th |
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1944 Landing at Tinian |
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26th
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1948 De-segregation of Armed Forces |
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** 27th
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1953 Korean Armistice signed |
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28th
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1914 Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia starting
WWI |
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AUGUST |
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1st
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1914 Germany declares war on Russia - WWI |
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1st |
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Air Force Day |
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2nd
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1990 Iraq invades Kuwait - Persian Gulf War |
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3rd
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1914 Germany declares war on France - WWI |
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4th
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1790 U.S. Coast Guard established |
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4th
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1950 Established Pusan permieter - Korean War |
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4th
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1914 Germany invades Belgium - WWI |
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4th |
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1814 British invade Washington, DC |
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6th
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1945 Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima Japan - WWII |
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7th
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1942 Battle at Guadalcanal - WWII |
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7th
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1990 Desert Shield - Persian Gulf War |
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8th
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1934 President presents plaque to Brothers Mayo in Rochester |
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8th
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1945 Soviet Union declares war on Japan - WWII |
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8th |
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Wounded Warrior Day (Purple Heart) |
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9th
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1945 Atom bomb dropped on Nagasaki Japan - WWII |
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10th
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1964 Tonkin Resolution signed starting point of Vietnam
War |
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14th |
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National Navaho Code Talkers Day |
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14th
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1945 Japan announces surrender - WWII |
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18th
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1951 Battle of Bloody Ridge - Korean War |
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18th
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1965 Operation Starlight - Vietnam War |
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25th |
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1944 Paris Liberated |
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26th
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1865 Civil War ends |
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September |
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First Monday
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Labor Day |
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1st |
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1939 WWII Started |
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2nd
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1945 Japan signs surrender - WWII |
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3rd
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1783 Treaty of Paris - Revolutionary War |
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7th |
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1943 Allies land at Salerno |
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11th |
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1943 Italian Navy surrenders - WWII |
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** 11th
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2001 World Trade Center Attack |
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13th
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1951 Battle of Heartbreak Ridge - Korean War |
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14th
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1814 Francis Scott Key writes Star Spangled Banner |
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15th
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1950 Inchon landing - Korean War |
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16th
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1950 Pusan perimeter breakout - Korean War |
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16th |
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1919 American Legion incorporated by Congress |
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16th |
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1940 First Peacetime Draft |
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* 3rd Friday |
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POW/MIA Day |
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* 17th
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1787 U.S. Constitution approved |
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17th
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Citizenship Day |
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17th |
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1862 Battle of Antietam - Civil War |
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18th |
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1947 U.S. Air Force established |
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20th
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1951 First combat helicopter landing in history - Korean
War |
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26th
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1918 Meuse-Argonne offensive - WWI |
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29th
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1899 VFW established |
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Last Sunday
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American Gold Star Mother´s Day |
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October |
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7th |
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2001 Operation Enduring Freedom - Afghanistan |
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9th
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1950 Invasion of North Korea by U.S. forces |
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* 2nd Monday
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Columbus Day observed |
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13th
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1775 U.S. Navy established |
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16th
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1950 China enters North Korea - Korean War |
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19th |
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1781 British surrender at Yorktown |
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20th |
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1944 MacArthur returns to Philippines |
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23rd
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1983 Over 200 Marines were killed at Lebanon |
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24th
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UN Day |
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25th
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1950 First land battle with Chinese - Korean War |
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25th
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1983 U.S. forces evacuate U.S. citizens from Grenada |
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* 27th
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NAVY DAY |
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November |
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1st
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1950 China jets attack U.S. Air Force - Korean War |
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First Tuesday
after First Monday |
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Election Day |
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3rd |
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1967 Battle of Dakto |
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8th
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1950 First all jet air combat - Korean War |
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8th |
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1942 Allied invasion of North Africa |
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10th
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1775 Marine Corps was established |
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* 11th
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Veterans Day |
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11th
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1918 was Armistice Day ending WWI |
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12th
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1942 The Battle of Guadelcanal - WWII |
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13th
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1942 Five Sullivan brothers killed - WWII |
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19th
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1967 Battle of Hill 875 - Vietnam War |
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19th |
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1863 Gettysburg Address |
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20th |
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1943 Battle of Tarawa |
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* 4th Thursday
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Thanksgiving Day |
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22nd
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1963 President Kennedy assasinated |
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27th
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1950 First major battle with the Chinese Chosin Reservoir
- Korean War |
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December |
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7th
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1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor |
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8th
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1941 U.S. declares War on Japan - WWII |
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10th
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1898 Treaty of Paris - Spanish American War |
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16th
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1865 the 13th Amendment was ratified abolishing slavery |
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16th
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1773 Boston Tea Party prior to the Revolutionary War |
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16th
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1944 the Battle of the Bulge - WWII |
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17th |
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1989 Operation Just Cause, Panama |
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20th
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1860 South Carolina is the first State to secede from
the Union |
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24th
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1814 Signing Peace of Ghent War of 1812 |
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24th
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1950 Hungnan evacuation - Korean War |
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* 25th
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Christmas Day |
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26th |
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1776 Battle of Trenton |
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31st
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1946 Designated as the official end of WWII |
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Calendar of Important Dates