First Volunteer Firemen in America
On October 4, 1648, the first volunteer fire department in North America was established in what would become New York City.
On October 4, 1648, the first volunteer fire department in North America was established in what would become New York City.
On October 1, 1890, Yosemite National Park was officially established.
On September 27, 1962, Rachel Carson published the book Silent Spring, which inspired a massive environmental movement in the United States.
On August 16, 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the National Apprenticeship Act into law.
Civil War general and 18th US president, Ulysses S. Grant died on July 23, 1885.
On June 17, 1844, Boyd’s City Express Post, one of the first local posts in the US, opened in New York City.
On June 4, 1940, over 338,000 Allied troops were evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk after being cut off and surrounded there for weeks.
The youngest man ever elected President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917.
On May 20, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.