Patriot Places

11/11/2025

07/04/2025

July 4th 1905

06/14/2025

05/26/2025

The largest American cemetery in Europe, the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, is at Romagne-sous-Montfaucon. It’s a huge site, set in 130 acres of gently sloping land. 14,246 soldiers are buried here in military straight lines. The graves are not set according to rank, you find a captain next to an orderly, a pilot awarded a Medal of Honor next to an African American in the Labour Division. Most of them fought and died, in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive which lasted from September 26th to November 11th, 1918 to liberate the Meuse. The Americans were led by General Pershing.

03/13/2025

Born in Flirey, France, Rin Tin Tin was rescued from a World War I battlefield by an American soldier, Lee Duncan, who nicknamed him “Rinty”.

National K9 Veterans Day, March 13, is a day set aside to honor commemorate the service and sacrifices of American military and working dogs throughout history.

It was on March 13, 1942, that the Army began training for its new War Dog Program, also known as the “K-9 Corps,” according to American Humane, marking the first time that dogs were officially a part of the U.S. Armed Forces.

02/27/2025

02/27/2025

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan

Photo of Abraham Lincoln taken February 27, 1860 in New York City by Mathew Brady, the day of his famous Cooper Union speech

02/21/2025

02/21/2025

Lieutenant Commander Edward Henry O’Hare (March 13, 1914 – November 26, 1943) was an American naval aviator of the United States Navy, who on February 20, 1942, became the Navy’s first fighter ace of the war when he single-handedly attacked a formation of nine medium bombers approaching his aircraft carrier. Even though he had a limited amount of ammunition, he was credited with shooting down five enemy bombers and became the first naval aviator recipient of the Medal of Honor in World War II.

02/10/2025

James Hemming was hired by Thomas Jefferson to become America’s 1st classically trained french chef under the direction one of France’s greatest chefs.

12/08/2024

God bless the Americans who lost their lives during the attack in and the valiant soldiers who dedicated their lives to securing our freedom and liberty.

Despite the attack coming from Japan, let us also not forget the remarkable contribution of our heroic Japanese-American Soldiers during WW2.

A visit to the Peal Harbor Memorial in Hawaii should be on every American’s checklist.

11/11/2024

Heppy Veteran’s Day