American History, October Anniversary’s

October 7 Frances Xavier Cabrini Day (Colorado)

 

October 10 Battle of Point Pleasant, Virginia (1774)

 

October 13 Congress establishes the U.S. Navy (1775)

 

October 14 Columbus Day
Indigenous Peoples’ Day

 

October 19 Victory at Yorktown (1781)

 

October 20 250th anniversary of the Articles of Association, a universal probihition of trade with Great Britain (1774)

 

October 21 250th anniversary of the word Liberty, first displayed on a flag raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts, in defiance of British rule in Colonial America (1774)

 

October 25 250th anniversary of the Edenton Tea Party takes place in North Carolina, marking the first major gathering of women in support of the American cause (1774)

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