Today in History: 1971 – The U.S. Army’s 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) departs South Vietnam. 1960 – USS Sargo return to Hawaii from arctic cruise of 11,000 miles, 6,003 miles under the polar ice. 1931 – President Herbert Hoover signs a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of the United States. 1871 – Congress passed the Indian Appropriation Act, which revoked the sovereignty of Indian nations and made Native Americans wards of the American government. The act eliminated the necessity of treaty negotiating and established the policy that tribal affairs could be managed by the U.S. government without tribal consent. - Ed note: not everything in history is something were proud of.
Posted on: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:30:33 +0000