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April 5: This Day in U.S. Military History before the 1800s
« on: April 04, 2015, 11:24:28 pm »
1614 – American Indian princess Pocahontas (d.1617) married English Jamestown colonist John Rolfe in Virginia. Their marriage brought a temporary peace between the English settlers and the Algonquians. In 1616, the couple sailed to England. The “Indian Princess” was popular with the English gentry.

1621 – The Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England.

1792 – George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.

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