1 UID F2F84AE63C658D429835DAEAACD436421318 1 UID 6905F5875C00B34680EB1205EB8DC3B4B05F 1 UID 7A3FE3CD70C7C941B10961A4F2A1701985F9 Died at the age of 15 years We now remember YOU
May 20 » The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence is allegedly signed in Charlotte, North Carolina.
July 5 » The Second Continental Congress adopts the Olive Branch Petition.
July 26 » The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania takes office as Postmaster General.
August 20 » The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona.
September 17 » American Revolutionary War: The Invasion of Canada begins with the Siege of Fort St. Jean.
October 18 » African-American poet Phillis Wheatley is freed from slavery.
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