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09/01/2026

1773: "Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral," by American slave Phillis Wheatley, is published in the UK; the first known book of poetry published by a Black woman.

1798: First US bank robbery: the Bank of Pennsylvania at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is robbed of $162,821.

1807: Former US Vice President Aaron Burr is acquitted of charges of plotting to set up an empire.

1836: Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Oregon Country.

1862: Battle at Chantilly, final clash of the American Civil War's Northern Virginia Campaign, resulting in 2,100 casualties.

1864: Second day of battle at Jonesboro, Georgia, resulting in about 3,000 casualties.

1869: Construction begins on the Grand Central Depot for Cornelius Vanderbilt's New York and Harlem Railroad. Later replaced by Grand Central Station, and then by Grand Central Terminal.

1894: Wildfire destroys 350,000 acres, including the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, and kills over 418 people.

1898: First forestry school in America opens at Biltmore Estate, North Carolina.

1919: Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago, Illinois, after a schism with the Socialist Party of America.

08/31/2026

1837: Ralph Waldo Emerson gives his famous "The American Scholar" speech to Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, declares American literary independence from Europe.

1850: Society of California Pioneers organize at Montgomery and Clay Streets.

1864: Battle of Jonesborough, Atlanta campaign: Union victory under William Tecumseh Sherman at Clayton County, Georgia, against Confederates; 2,000+ casualties.

1886: Crocker-Woolworth National Bank organized in San Francisco.

1886: First major earthquake recorded in eastern US, near Charleston, South Carolina, killing 60 people and causing $5–6 million in damage.

1897 Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, a device that produces moving pictures.

1910: Theodore Roosevelt makes a speech in Kansas advocating a 'square deal': property shall be "the servant and not the master of the commonwealth".

1911: The "Sullivan Act" requiring New Yorkers to possess licenses for fi****ms small enough to be concealed comes into effect.

1935: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Neutrality Act prohibiting the export of US arms to foreign nations at war.

08/30/2026

1791: Thomas Jefferson responds to Benjamin Banneker's letter on the issue of slavery, writing that "nobody wishes more ardently to see a good system commenced for raising the condition" of Blacks "to what it ought to be".

1800: Gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia.

1843: African Americans participate in a national political convention for the first time.

1850: Honolulu, Hawaii, becomes a city.

1861: John Frémont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels.

1862: Battle of Altamont: Confederates defeat Union forces in Tennessee.

1890: President Benjamin Harrison signs the first US law requiring inspection of meat products.

1922: Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for the fifth time in 1922.

1937: Joe Louis beats Tommy Farr in 15 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title.

08/29/2026

1776: Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester.

1786: Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising in Springfield and Worcester, Massachusetts, by citizens in opposition to the government's increased efforts to collect taxes on both individuals and their businesses.

1861: Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries: Union Army and Navy in a combined operation capture Fort Hatteras off North Carolina, resulting in Union domination of the strategically important North Carolina Sounds.

1862: Second Battle of Bull Run begins in Manassas, Virginia, leading to a Confederate victory in the US Civil War.

1885: Boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-ounce gloves and 3-minute rounds is fought between American boxers John L. Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey in Cincinnati, Ohio.

1911: Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

1925: After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice, and Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and imposes a $5,000 fine on him.

1929: Aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh makes her first solo flight.

08/28/2026

1845: Scientific American magazine publishes its first issue.

1862:Second Battle of Manassas.

1867: The United States formally takes control of Midway Atoll, years after it was sighted and claimed by Captain N.C. Brooks.

1884: First known photograph of a tornado is taken near Howard, South Dakota.

1907: United Parcel Service is founded by James E. Casey in Seattle, Washington.

1918: MLB Cleveland Indians outfielder Tris Speaker is suspended for the season due to an assault on umpire Tom Connolly.

1920: Ethelda Bleibtrey leads an American medal sweep in the Antwerp Olympics women's 300 m freestyle with a world record swim of 4:34.0.

1949: A mob of white supremacists and anti-communist protesters attacks concertgoers and prevents Paul Robeson from performing at an outdoor benefit concert near Peekskill, New York.

08/27/2026

1776: The British defeat the Americans in the Battle of Long Island.

1782: Battle of the Combahee River near Beaufort, South Carolina: American abolitionist John Laurens is killed while leading the charge.

1859: First successful oil well drilled near Titusville, Pennsylvania, by Edwin Drake.

1881: Hurricane hits Florida and the Carolinas, killing about 700.

1927: America's oldest aviation school, Parks College, opens.

1942: Soviet woman sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko arrives in Washington D.C., the first Soviet citizen welcomed at the White House by Eleanor Roosevelt.

08/26/2026

1863: Battle of Rocky Gap, West Virginia. Colonel George S. Patton's Confederate forces defeat a Union brigade advance.

1873: The first free kindergarten in the United States is started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.

1874L Sixteen Blacks are kidnapped from Gibson County Jail and lynched in Trenton, Tennessee.

1907: Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater in 57 seconds at Aquatic Park in San Francisco, California.

08/25/2026

1619: Slavery begins in mainland British colonies of North America when the first known African captives (approximately 20) land at Point Comfort, Virginia, before being sold or traded into servitude.

1718: Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana and found New Orleans.

1829: President Jackson offers to buy Texas, but the Mexican government refuses.

1835: The New York Sun publishes the Great Moon Hoax story about John Herschel, who claimed he had discovered life, landscapes, and fantastical creatures on the Moon through a powerful telescope.

1920: Ethelda Bleibtrey leads an American medal sweep at the Antwerp Olympics in the women's 100 m freestyle with a world record of 1:13.6, becoming the first US female Olympic champion.

08/24/2026

1816: The Treaty of St. Louis is signed by the USA and the united tribes of Ottawa, Ojibwa, and Potawatomi in St. Louis, Missouri.

1853: First potato chips are prepared by chef George Crum at Moon's Lake House near Saratoga Springs, New York.

1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

1912: District of Alaska becomes an organized incorporated territory of the United States.

1932: Amelia Earhart begins the first transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman in Los Angeles, California.

1936: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives the FBI the authority to gather intelligence on fascist and communist groups.

08/23/2026

1784: Eastern Tennessee settlers declare their area an independent state and name it Franklin; a year later, the Continental Congress rejects it.

1864: Union troops and fleet occupy Fort Morgan, Alabama.

1917: Race riot in Houston, Texas; 2 Black people and 11 white people killed.

1936: 17-year-old Cleveland Indians future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller plays his first MLB game as a starter and strikes out 15 St. Louis Browns in a 4-1 win at League Park, Cleveland.

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6329 N Koerner Road
Edwards, IL
61528

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Monday 8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8am - 4:30pm
Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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