Moments in Time – March 7, 2018
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On March 25, 1774, the British Parliament passes the Boston Port Act, closing the port and demanding that the city’s residents pay for the nearly $1 ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 28, 2018
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On March 17, 1762, in New York City, the first parade honoring the Catholic feast day of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, is held by Irish soldiers ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 21, 2018
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On March 6, 1776, Major William Malcolm is ordered to dismantle the Sandy Hook lighthouse in New Jersey to prevent it from helping the ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 14, 2018
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On Feb. 27, 1776, Commander Richard Caswell leads 1,000 Patriot troops in the successful Battle of Moores Creek over 1,600 British Loyalists. It was the ... Continue Reading →
Moments in time – Feb. 7, 2018
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On Feb. 21, 1828, the first printing press designed to use the newly invented Cherokee alphabet arrives at New Echota, Georgia. Within months, the first ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 31, 2018
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On Feb. 16, 1848, composer and pianist Frederic Chopin plays his final Paris concert. Chopin’s musical goal had been to speak to the heart and soul ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 24, 2018
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On Feb. 11, 1858, in France, Marie-Bernarde Soubirous, a 14-year-old peasant girl, first claims to have seen the Virgin Mary. The 18 apparitions occurred ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 17, 2018
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On Feb. 4, 1789, George Washington, the commander of the Continental Army, is unanimously elected the first president of the United States by all 69 presidential ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 10, 2018
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On Jan. 26, 1788, the first 736 convicts banished from England to Australia land in Botany Bay. With the American victory in the Revolutionary War, transgressors ... Continue Reading →
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