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George Washington in the French and Indian War
The life and career of George Washington (1732-1799) were largely impacted by the French and Indian War (1754-1763). An officer of the Virginia Regiment, Washington's actions at the Battle of Fort Necessity and the Braddock Expedition helped...

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Saratoga Campaign
The Saratoga Campaign (20 June to 17 October 1777) was one of the most important military campaigns of the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), in which a British army under General John Burgoyne invaded the Hudson River Valley but was...

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Serpent Mound
Serpent Mound (also known as Great Serpent Mound) is an archaeological and historic site in Peebles, Ohio, USA, enclosing an effigy mound 1348 feet (411 m) long in the shape of a serpent, the largest effigy mound of a serpent in the world...

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Lord Hill Invites the Last Remnants of the French Imperial Guard to Surrender
General Roland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill asks the French Imperial Guard to surrender at the end of the Battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815); according to legend, a French officer replied, "The Guard dies, it does not surrender." Painting by Robert...

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Burning of Charlestown During the Battle of Bunker Hill
British cannonade destroys the town of Charlestown, Massachusetts, during the British attack on Breed's Hill (Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775). This is an annotated version of a 1775 engraving by Paul Revere, currently in an anonymous...

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Bostonians Watch the Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill - Watching the Fight from Copp's Hill, in Boston, 17 June 1775, wood engraving by Winslow Homer, 1875.
Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Saint Patrick's Statue at Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland
Saint Patrick's statue, Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, erected in 2000 to replace an earlier work that had been destroyed.

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Carved Stone Head from Corleck Hill, Ireland
Carved stone head (with 3 faces) from Corleck Hill, Co. Cavan, Ireland, 1st-2nd century.
National Museum of Ireland-Archaeology, Dublin.

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Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara
The Neolithic Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny), Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland, by which the ancient kings were inaugurated.

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Plymouth Burial Hill
Burial Hill Cemetery, Plymouth, MA.
The cemetery has been in use since the 1620s and is the final resting place of many Mayflower passengers and Plymouth Colony's first settlers.