American History May Anniversaries

May 5

Cinco de Mayo

May 8

Military Spouse Appreciation Day

May 10

229th Anniversary of the first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate USS United States, being commissioned (1797)

May 10

251st Anniversary: Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys seized Fort Ticonderoga (1775)

251st Anniversary: The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia (1775)

May 10

Mother’s Day

May 16

Armed Forces Day

May 19

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

Abraham Lincoln signs Homestead Act (1862)

May 25

Memorial Day

 

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *