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In Virginia: it was known as Lee–Jackson–King Day, combining King's birthday with the established Lee–Jackson Day. [31] In 2000, Lee–Jackson Day was moved to the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday in its own right. [32] Lee-Jackson Day was eliminated in 2020. [33]
The use of the title "Helldorado," recommended by Zerby and approved by the Elks, surprised Tombstone, Arizona residents. Tombstone had been using the title "Helldorado" for its annual celebration since 1929. The invented word came in a comment from prospectors coming to the area looking for gold, their El Dorado. Instead of finding gold, they ...
Veterans Day: 1938 Honors all veterans of the United States armed forces. It is observed on November 11 due to its origins as Armistice Day, recalling the end of World War I on that date in 1918. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at 11:00, of the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into ...
Fall of Bataan historical marker, Bataan Provincial Capitol grounds. At dawn on April 9, 1942, against the orders of Generals Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright, the commander of the Luzon Force, Bataan, Major General Edward P. King, Jr., surrendered more than 76,000 starving and disease-ridden soldiers (64,000 Filipinos and 12,000 Americans) to Japanese troops.
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On July 13, the day of the assassination attempt, Crooks bought a five-foot (1.5-meter) ladder before driving to the site of the rally in the morning. According to ABC , a team of Beaver County SWAT officers, tasked with supporting the Secret Service, had taken its position at the security perimeter by mid-morning. [ 44 ]
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