Tuesday, May 08, 2007

 

This Day in American History

On this day in 1846, the Battle of Palo Alto, the first major battle of the Mexican-American War, which set the standard for the rest of the war, took place; the Americans, under future President Zachary Taylor, soundly defeated the Mexicans.

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