Not really. The Treaty of Ghent was signed in December 1814 and approved by the British shortly afterward. However, the treaty wasn't in effect until both sides approved it. The Battle of New Orleans ended in January 1815, and the Americans ratified the treaty about a month later.
Mal: That post used to be the last post of this last quiz of the last quiz series topic, now this post is the last post of the last quiz of the last quiz series post. Until....
I think the US government just forced Microsoft to allow other browsers to work right in Windows, and have Windows work right if someone removed IE. I believe there was threat of breakup and Microsoft relented.
Not that I'm against celebrating the end of Slavery... but this still seems weird to me. Juneteenth should maybe be a holiday in Texas. Not nationally. Plus it's got a really dumb name. Did they not know that there are 7 days in June that end in "teenth?" I feel like we could have come up with something better at the national level. Though, maybe not, since presumably we'd have some of the same geniuses who came up with Freedom Fries working on it.
I think the "short shorts" question may be obsolete, since (as is typical of fashions) this seems to have gone full circle. Googling "NBA 'short shorts'" gets lots of hits to current (2021) players.
There's certainly momentum behind making it a federal holiday, but, as of right now, Congress hasn't passed an act recognizing it as such, and, ipso facto, the President hasn't signed into law.
A number of cities and states have independently chosen to celebrate it either in lieu of or replacing Columbus Day, but those are individual observations rather than a federal holiday.
Biden made a proclamation that a certain date in October 2021 would be celebrated as Indigenous People's Day. I bet he does the same through the remainder of his term. A proclamation, though, isn't the same thing as an official act of Congress.
We already have the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. SInce there are no official federal holidays in August, I'd like to see that one take root.
Technically the last Party other than the Democratic or Republican Parties to win a Presidential Election was the ‘Union Party,’ in 1864. While it was in reality kind of a gimmick - the Republican Party was simply rebranding itself under Republican President Abraham Lincoln in an attempt to show that both Parties were united in successfully concluding the Civil War - they DID put a southern Democrat, Andrew Johnson, on the ticket instead of leaving Republican VP Hannibal Hamlin on the ticket.
This was extremely unfortunate because Lincoln was assassinated only 6 weeks into his 2nd term and the US was left with the awful Andrew Johnson, one of the worst presidents in history, for nearly 4-full years.
I agree with the comment about the National Union Party above, and furthermore, even if you reject that response, the date of "last party win the presidency" besides Democrats/Republicans should be 1848 when Taylor was elected, not 1853.
A number of cities and states have independently chosen to celebrate it either in lieu of or replacing Columbus Day, but those are individual observations rather than a federal holiday.
Biden made a proclamation that a certain date in October 2021 would be celebrated as Indigenous People's Day. I bet he does the same through the remainder of his term. A proclamation, though, isn't the same thing as an official act of Congress.
This was extremely unfortunate because Lincoln was assassinated only 6 weeks into his 2nd term and the US was left with the awful Andrew Johnson, one of the worst presidents in history, for nearly 4-full years.