He earned his captain's commission by burning the Philadelphia at Tripoli in 1804
In 1813 the U.S. defeated the British in the Battle of the Thames River in what is now this country
The U.S. made this great buy from France in 1803 & would have been happy with just New Orleans
Shrapnel from a 1916 munitions storage plant explosion in Jersey City, NJ damaged this famous statue
Frances Perkins was trying to improve working conditions in these in the 1910s, Kathie Lee in the '90s
In 1844 John C. Fremont crossed the Sierra Nevada & this John C. became Secretary of State
If this act hadn't passed July 14, 1798, we would have had just the Alien Acts
Francisco Lopez found this precious metal in California in 1842, before the rush
Before cotton became king, this plant that yields a violet dye was a popular southern crop
In 1873 President Grant proclaimed this city the site of the Centennial Exposition of 1876