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How the U.S. Army was born - and a free nation realized
On June 14, 1775, the Continental Congress voted to replace the colonies' part-time militias with a full-time army – and ...
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On This Day in 1890, the U.S. Army Killed Nearly 300 Lakota People in the Wounded Knee Massacre
As initial reports of a mass murder of Lakota Native Americans on December 29, 1890, trickled across the ... there was little ...
25 facts about the U.S. Army ahead of its 250th birthday
Here are some things you may not know about the U.S. Army, which will be honored Saturday in Washington, D.C. with a military ...
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On This Day in 1890, the U.S. Army Killed Nearly 300 Lakota People in the Wounded Knee Massacre
Photo by John Vachon / Library Of Congress / Getty Images As initial reports of a mass murder of Lakota Native Americans on December 29, 1890 ... Wounded Knee. The U.S. Army killed 300 Miniconjou ...