December 6 Washington Monument completed (1848-1884)
December 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance 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 War of 1812 (1814)
December 25 George Washington crosses the Delaware (1776)
December 26 Hanukkah Ends; Kwanzaa (until Jan. 1st); Boxing Day (CAN., UK); St. Stephen’s Day BOXING DAY (DAN, UK) ST. STEPHEN’S DAY
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