American History, May Anniversaries

May 5
Cinco de Mayo
May 10
227th Anniversary of the first ship of the United States Navy, the frigate USS United States, being commissioned (1797)
May 12
Mother’s Day
May 18
Armed Forces Day
May 19
Nineteenth Amendment, to give women the right to vote, proposed (1919) Abraham Lincoln signs Homestead Act (1862)
May 27
Memorial Day
May 30
103 Anniversary of the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial (1922)

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