Freedom 250

"Ocian in view! O! the joy."

On November 7, 1805, William Clark wrote those words in his journal as the Corps of Discovery neared the mouth of the Columbia River. After months of hard travel west, the end of the journey was finally in sight.

A reminder of the grit and sense of duty that carried them across a continent, and of the gratitude we still feel for this land.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃 🇺🇸 👻

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Today is the 229th anniversary of the launch of USS Constitution, the ship America calls Old Ironsides.

On October 21, 1797, she slid into Boston Harbor as one of the first six ships of the United States Navy. In the War of 1812, British cannonballs bounced off her thick oak hull and sailors swore her sides were made of iron. The name stuck. She is still a commissioned U.S. Navy ship today, crewed by active-duty sailors, and the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world.

Today is the 245th anniversary of the surrender at Yorktown, the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.

On October 19, 1781, the British army surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. French soldiers and warships fought alongside the Americans and trapped the British with no way out. The war dragged on for two more years, but after this day, Britain knew it had lost. America would be free.