Honoring the Buffalo Soldiers
July 28 marks the official celebration of National Buffalo Soldiers Day, commemorating the historic 1866 Act of Congress that established the first all-Black peacetime regiments in the regular United States ...
Flight of the Flying Fortress
A radical new era of aviation history took to the skies on July 28, 1935, when the prototype for the Boeing B-17—known internally as the Model 299—made her spectacular first ...
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Vinnie Ream and Lincoln’s Likeness
At just eighteen years old, Vinnie Ream became the first female artist entrusted with a federal art commission. Tasked by Congress on July 28, 1866, she was given a daunting ...
Approving the Pentagon Blueprint
As war engulfed Europe and tensions spiked in the Pacific, the structural scale of American military administration shifted forever on July 28, 1941, when the U.S. House of Representatives approved ...
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The Birth of Jackie Bouvier
Before she became a global icon of American elegance and resilience, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier entered the world on July 28, 1929, in the affluent coastal enclave of Southampton, New York ...
America’s Polka King
The future maestro of the American accordion, Frankie Yankovic, was born on July 28, 1915, in the rugged coal-mining community of Davis, West Virginia. Raised by Slovenian immigrant parents who ...
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Disaster at the Empire State Building
On the foggy morning of July 28, 1945, wartime military aviation tragically collided with civilian architecture in the heart of Manhattan. A U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber, lost ...
The Frontier Origins of Miami
On July 28, 1896, a small, sun-baked settlement of wooden boarding houses and sprawling citrus groves officially incorporated as the City of Miami, Florida. At the time, the tiny frontier ...
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Earl Tupper’s Airtight Empire
The man who would completely revolutionize the postwar American kitchen, Earl Silas Tupper, was born on July 28, 1907, in the rugged town of Berlin, New Hampshire. Raised in modest ...
Ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment
The structural landscape of American citizenship changed forever on July 28, 1868, when Secretary of State William Seward officially certified the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment. Born out of the ...
Legalizing the Metric System
The framework of American industry and global commerce quietly shifted on July 28, 1866, when President Andrew Johnson signed the Metric Act into law. Spearheaded by influential scientists and forward-thinking ...
The USS Constellation Takes the Waves
The United States Navy ushered in the twilight of a legendary maritime era on July 28, 1855, when the USS Constellation was officially commissioned. Constructed at the Norfolk Navy Yard, ...
Fanfare at the LA Olympics
The bright gleam of polished brass and the roar of international fanfare met the hot California sun on July 28, 1984, during the opening ceremony of the Los Angeles Summer ...
Barbara La Marr: Hollywood’s Too-Beautiful Star
Born Reatha Dale Watson on July 28, 1896, the woman who would become Barbara La Marr crafted a dazzling, turbulent life defined by constant personal and artistic reinvention. Possessing a ...
The Tragedy of the Bonus Army
The desperation of the Great Depression turned violent on July 28, 1932, when federal troops forcibly cleared thousands of World War I veterans from Washington, D.C. Known as the “Bonus ...
