Friday, June 17, 2011

This Day In History, June the 17th


1775 Battle of Bunker Hill (actually it was Breed's Hill)

1885 Statue of Liberty arrived in NYC aboard French ship `Isere'

1954 Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends. Senator Joe McCarthy unintentional proved, along with the help of Edward R. Murrow, that you don't have to agree with the senator (McCarthy) to be a good American.