U.S. Troops Committed to Korean War
On June 27, 1950, President Harry Truman announced that America would send troops to aid South Korea.
On June 27, 1950, President Harry Truman announced that America would send troops to aid South Korea.
On June 20, 1863, West Virginia joined the Union as the 35th state.
On June 19, 1865, slaves in Galveston, Texas, were finally informed of their freedom by the Emancipation Proclamation (issued two years prior). The day the last American slaves were freed has become a holiday celebrated officially in 45 states.
On June 17, 1775, American colonists inflicted heavy British casualties in their loss at the Battle of Bunker Hill.
On June 15, 1836, Arkansas was admitted as the 25th state of the Union.
On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Army, the precursor of the United States Army.
Winfield Scott was born on June 13, 1786, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia.
On June 6, 1944, some 155,000 Allied troops stormed the shores of Normandy on D-Day, the start of Operation Overlord.
America’s first First Lady was born Martha Dandridge on June 2, 1731 (by the Old Style calendar), on her parents’ Chestnut Grove Plantation near Williamsburg, Virginia.