August 3
Washington Assumes Command 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 24
British Troops set fire to the White House (1814)
August 26
Women’s Equality Day
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