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Tour the “Wars that shaped the Nation” markers found at Trophy Point at the U.S. Military Academy
By Bill Coughlin, September 5, 2009
Wars That Shaped the Nation Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | In 1775, American minutemen at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, fired the “shots heard around the world.” The colonists fought the British to establish their independence from New York to Georgia and from Massachusetts Bay to the . . . — — Map (db m22273) HM |
| | The United States declared war on Great Britain in June 1812 after several years of tension stemming primarily from disputes over the British blockade of France during its wars with Napoleon. At first, attention focused on American efforts to invade . . . — — Map (db m22276) HM |
| | The Mexican War increased the nation’s size by over 20 percent and continued the rapid territorial expansion of the United States. In 1846, after a number of incidents along the border between Texas and Mexico, the United States declared war . . . — — Map (db m22277) HM |
| | From 1861 to 1865, the United States waged the deadliest and costliest conflict in its history. Union and Confederate soldiers numbering in the hundreds of thousands waged vast campaigns from the east coast to Texas from Pennsylvania to Florida. . . . — — Map (db m20087) HM |
| | On April 25, 1898, Congress declared war against Spain after the USS Maine blew up under mysterious circumstances in the port of Havana, Cuba. The U.S. raised an expeditionary army to liberate Cuba and the Philippines from Spanish rule. After a . . . — — Map (db m22278) HM |
Apr. 19, 2024
