December 6 Washington Monument completed (1884)
December 7 Pearl Harbor Day
December 15 National Bill of Rights Day (1791)
December 16 Boston Tea Party (1773)
December 18 First National Day of Thanksgiving (1777)
December 22 Continental Congress creates a Continental Navy (1775) December 23 George Washington resigns as commander in chief (1783) December 24 UK signs Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812 (1814) December 25 George Washington crosses the Delaware (1776)
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