Charles Carroll of Carrollton
United States Senator - Maryland
(March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792)
Continental Congress Delegate
Confederation Congress Delegate
Signatory of the Declaration of Independence
(March 4, 1789 – November 30, 1792)
Continental Congress Delegate
Confederation Congress Delegate
Signatory of the Declaration of Independence
On ‘Dying’
America’s Christian Heritage
Biography
Charles Carroll (September 19, 1737 – November 14, 1832), known as Charles Carroll of Carrollton or Charles Carroll III to distinguish him from his similarly named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and Confederation Congress and later as first United States Senator for Maryland. He was the only Catholic and the longest-lived (and last surviving) signatory of the Declaration of Independence, dying at the age of 95, at his city mansion (largest and most expensive in town) in Baltimore's neighborhood of Jonestown on East Lombard and South Front Streets, by the Jones Falls. » Full Bio
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World War II - December 7, 1941
World War II - December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor Bombed
“A date which will live in infamy.” -FDR
At 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II.
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The American contribution to the successful Allied war effort spanned four long years and cost more than 400,000 American lives. » Full Article
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The American contribution to the successful Allied war effort spanned four long years and cost more than 400,000 American lives. » Full Article
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor Address
“Infamy Speech”
The Presidential Address to Congress of December 8, 1941 (known as the Infamy Speech or Day of Infamy Speech was delivered at 12:30 p.m. that day to a Joint Session of Congress by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii.