Happy Liberty Demands Its Due Day (Nov. 12, 1768)
The Riot Act (1 Geo. 1. St. 2. c. 5), sometimes called the Riot Act 1714[1] or the Riot Act 1715,[2] was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which authorised local authorities to declare any group of 12 or more people to be unlawfully assembled and order them to disperse or face punitive action.
USS Constitution Launched (October 21, 1797)
On this day, October 21, 1797, the USS Constitution slid into Boston Harbor for the first time—fortified with oak so thick, cannonballs […]
September 17, 1787 — The Constitution Signed
By ’87, the war was over, but the fighting wasn’t. It just moved from the battlefield to the meeting hall. In Philadelphia, […]