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United States History and Travel is the premier site on the internet for U.S. history, vacation planning and everything else American.
This site is still growing. It has long term goals to provide:
- "Today in History" feature, displaying U.S. historical events that occurred each day.
- "Did you know?" section that details fascinating facts about American history.
- In depth research on topics such as American Presidents, wars such as the Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, World War II, and so forth.
- Information on hundreds of historical landmarks, museums, battlefields and monuments celebrating our nation.
- A vacation planner, to assist in finding monuments of interest, searchable by themes, location, etc.
- And much more!
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Did you know?
Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the same day, July 4th, 1826, exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a document they both worked extensively together on.
Today in History
On May 20, 1916... Norman Rockwell's first cover on The Saturday Evening Post appeared. On May 20, 1506... Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain. He died likely due to a heartache caused by Reiter's Syndrome. When he died, he still believed his explorations took place on the east coast of Asia. On May 20, 1863... Stephen Johnson Field was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Abraham Lincoln
This Past Week in History
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