American History, May Anniversaries

May 8

V-E Day; Victory in Europe (1945)

Mother’s Day

May 10

225th Anniversary of the first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate USS United States, being commissioned (1797)

May 19

Nineteenth Amendment, to give women the right to vote, proposed (1919)

May 20

Abraham Lincoln signs Homestead Act (1862)

May 21

Armed Forces Day

May 30

100th Anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial (1922) Memorial Day

Don’t forget Cinco de Mayo