On March 27, 1912, a quiet, ceremonial act along the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., helped plant the seeds of one of the nation’s most enduring spring traditions. On that day, First Lady Helen Taft and Viscountess Chinda, the wife…
On March 27, 1912, a quiet, ceremonial act along the northern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., helped plant the seeds of one of the nation’s most enduring spring traditions. On that day, First Lady Helen Taft and Viscountess Chinda, the wife…
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In the early years of the United States, the issue of establishing a permanent navy was a matter of considerable debate and concern. The fledgling nation, emerging from its War of Independence, recognized maritime power’s importance for defense and commerce and took action. On…
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Mary Mallon—better known to history as Typhoid Mary—was placed into quarantine for the second and final time. She would remain isolated for the rest of her life, becoming an infamous figure and a lasting symbol of asymptomatic disease transmission in the United States. An…
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On March 26, 1997, sheriff’s deputies in Rancho Santa Fe entered a quiet, upscale home and encountered a scene that would quickly become one of the most unsettling episodes in modern American religious history. Inside, they found 39 bodies, all carefully arranged, all dressed…
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The Battle of Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest and most important confrontations of World War II, concluded on March 26, 1945, after 36 days of intense combat. As the sun dipped below the horizon, it marked the end of a grueling military engagement…
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On March 26, 1830, a little-known print shop in Palmyra, New York, released what would become one of the most influential—and controversial—religious texts in American history: The Book of Mormon. Purporting to be a translation of ancient records inscribed on golden plates by prophets…
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On March 25, 1965, a column of civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. completed a 50-mile march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, bringing to a dramatic close one of the most consequential demonstrations of the civil rights era. The four-day journey,…
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On March 25, 1957, U.S. Customs officials confiscated over 500 copies of Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg as they arrived in San Francisco from a British printer. What began as a government seizure quickly became one of American literary history’s most important…
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On March 25, 1911, one of the worst industrial accidents in American history occurred at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City. 146 workers lost their lives from the fire, smoke inhalation, or simply jumping from the Asch Building in Manhattan trying…
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On March 24, 1199, Richard I of England—the warrior-king whose legend had been forged in the campaigns of the Third Crusade—was struck by a crossbow bolt while besieging a minor fortress in southwestern France. The wound, sustained at the castle of Châlus-Chabrol Castle, would…
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