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On This Day – February 14, 1778, American 18 gun Sloop of War Ranger (Captain John Paul Jones Commanding) of the Continental Navy, received the first official salute to the new American flag, the “Stars and Stripes.” The nine-gun salute was rendered by the French Read More …
The first Vela Hotel Satellites were launched from Cape Canaveral on this date in 1963. The Vela, short for “velador” (Spanish for watchman) was designed to detect and monitor nuclear explosions from anywhere on earth. The system was utilized after the 1963 Partial Test Ban Read More …
The Treaty of San Lorenzo, also known as Pickney’s Treaty, was signed on this date in 1795, in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. The treaty’s full title is Treaty of Friendship, Limits, and Navigation Between Spain and the United States. Thomas Pinckney negotiated the Read More …
The Blue Angels will not be flying over Jacksonville Saturday. The City of Jacksonville confirmed this on twitter, saying that due to multiple cities requesting for the Blue Angels to flyover them, the Jacksonville date has been pushed back. When they will come to Jacksonville Read More …
Perry was commanding the U.S. schooner “Shark” and, having received his orders in February, proceeded to visit Key West and erect a flagpole flying the United States flag. The event was witnessed by local residents of the small community. Families had been moving to the Read More …
Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, and Spanish minister, Luis de Onís, signed the Adams-Onís Treaty, also known as the Transcontinental Treaty, on this date in 1819, ceding the Floridas to the United States. After the end of the American Revolution, Spain received the Florida Read More …