150 years ago today General Meade withdraws his forces behind the safety of the Rapidan River ending the Mine Run Campaign. 316 years ago today the Cathedral of St. Paul is consecrated in London. 207 years ago today President Thomas Jefferson asks that Congress in act legislation restricting all new slave importation into the country by January 1, 1808 the earliest date permitted by the Constitution. 190 years ago today President James Monroe proclaims American neutrality in a State of the Union speech. This doctrine carries his name to this day, the Monroe Doctrine. 168 years ago today President Polk proclaim an aggressive expansion policy. The policy declares that the United States has the God given right to expand to the continent from ocean to ocean. The policy becomes know as manifest destiny.
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 09:47:16 +0000
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