August 3
Washington Assumes Com-mand of the Continental Army (1775)
August 5
Abraham Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax (1861)
August 7
George Washington creates the Purple Heart (1782)
August 10
75th Anniversary of the Department of War, renamed the Department of Defense (1949)
August 14
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the U.S., signs the Social Security Act (1935)
August 15
200th Anniversary of the visit of the Marquis de Lafayette to the U.S., which begins at Staten Island, New York (1824)
August 21
250th year anniversary of the siege of Fort St. Jean launched he Americn invasion of Canada (1775)
Augest 24
250th Anniversary of King George III refusing to consider the Olive Branch Petition issued the Proclamation of Rebellion against the American colonies (1775)
August 24
British Troops set fire to the White House (1814)
August 26
Women’s Equality Day
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