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December 20 in U.S. military history

1803: A mere three weeks after accepting the territory from the Spanish, the French officially hand over New Orleans, the

1777: 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Gen. George Washington’s Continental Army establishes its winter camp at Valley Forge. 2,500 of

1902: Pres. Theodore Roosevelt orders Adm. George Dewey to take the U.S. North and South Atlantic Squadrons and sail to

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER A story on the bottom of the front page cites a German radio broadcast that

Click here for TODAY’S NEWSPAPER The front page reports that famed aviator Charles Lindbergh is working on high-altitude bombing research