When Columbus arrived, he found the New World inhabited by peoples who in all likelihood had originally come from… Read More Alabama claims In Alabama claims …claims, maritime grievances of the United States against Great Britain, accumulated during and after the American Civil War (1861–65)....
legion, amilitaryorganization, originally the largest permanent organization in the armies ofancient Rome. The termlegionalso denotes the military system by which imperial Rome conquered and ruled the ancient world. The expanding earlyRoman Republicfound the Greekphalanxformation too unwieldy for fragmented...
“There really wasn’t anything that was stars and stripes, red, white and blue,” says Mike Buss, a flag expert with the American Legion veterans’ organization. American Revolution History In June 1775, the SecondContinental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, created a united colonial fighting ...
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The Civil War Trust is America’s largest non-profit organization (501-C3) devoted to the preservation of our nation’s endangered Civil War battlefields. For more on the history of the battle, go here to see the U.S. Army’s new publication. Comments (11) April 13, 2013 Washington’...
“There really wasn’t anything that was stars and stripes, red, white and blue,” says Mike Buss, a flag expert with the American Legion veterans’ organization. American Revolution History In June 1775, the SecondContinental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, created a united colonial fighting ...
Before the Six-Day War, the movement for an independent Palestine received a boost in 1964 when the Palestine Liberation Organization was established. Its goal, as stated in the Palestinian National Covenant was to create a Palestinian state in the whole British Mandate, a statement which nullified...
The 7th Amphibious Scouts conducted operations in the Pacific for the duration of the conflict, participating in more than 40 landings. The third Scout and Raiders organization operated in China. Scouts and Raiders were deployed to fight with the Sino-American Cooperation Organization, or SACO. To...
The Cold War Revisited Volume 24, Number 4 October 2010 Organization of American Historians Magazine of History Published with the Generous Support of The History Channel FROM THE EDITOR 3 D-day in Mosinee Carl R. Weinberg FOREWORD 5 "A Peace that is No Peace": The Cold War as Contemporary...
The Maltese Cross represents the Civil War Fifth Corps with which the 23d Infantry served in the Army of the Potomac. Philippine service is denoted by the sea lion of the Pacific. The distinction of being the first American Regiment to circumnavigate the globe is indicated at the base of th...