This Day in History - December 29, 1753 - Washington Crosses Frozen Allegheny River on Raft

This Day in History - December 29, 1753 - Washington Crosses Frozen Allegheny River on Raft

George Washington’s most famous river crossing was during the Revolutionary War as he crossed the Delaware River as he maneuvered his troops in the hours before his victory at Trenton, New Jersey. His first river crossing in a hastily built raft took place almost twenty-three years before while on his first important diplomatic mission to the French prior to the French and Indian War.  

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This Day in History - December 17, 1728 Land Purchased for First North American Synagogue

This Day in History - December 17, 1728
 Land Purchased for First
 North American Synagogue

The Jewish congregation Shearith Israel had immigrated to New York in 1654 and been granted the right to establish a burial site on February 22, 1656. It would take until 1728 before they would gain the right to build their own synagogue.

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This Day in History - December 04, 1674 Father Marquette First European to Live in Chicago

This Day in History - December 04, 1674
Father Marquette First European to Live in Chicago

When Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet completed their exploration of the Mississippi River, they returned to the Green Bay area. Joliet traveled on to Quebec. Marquette, exhausted by sickness and their travels, stayed behind.


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This Day in History - December 1, 1747 - Governor William Shirley Reports to the Lords of Trade about the Knowles Riots

This Day in History - December 1, 1747
Governor William Shirley Reports to the Lords of
 Trade about the Knowles Riots

The Knowles Riots inflamed Boston during mid-November 1747, triggered because of British Commodore Charles Knowles impressments of men for naval duty along Boston's pier.

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