Fox Nation Patriot's Almanac

Black college students were denied service at a lunch counter in Greensboro, NC on Feb. 1, 1960.

Feb. 2nd is Groundhog Day, a holiday which has roots in customs brought to America by immigrants.

The U.S. Army troopship Dorchester journeyed through "torpedo alley" on Feb. 3, 1943.

The first Winter Olympics in the United States opens in Lake Placid, NY on Feb. 4, 1932.

Julia Ward Howe creates the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" on Feb. 5, 1862.

The Union captures Fort Hood, winning its first major victory in the Civil War on Feb. 6, 1862.

Laura Ingalls Wilder is born in the "Big Woods" of western Wisconsin on Feb. 7, 1867.

The Boy Scouts of America is founded in Washington, D.C. on Feb 8, 1910.

Senator McCarthy claims he has a list of Communists who infiltrated the U.S. State Department.

President Teddy Roosevelt inspires the popularity and name of teddy bears.

President Herbert Hoover designates Death Valley as a National Monument Feb. 11, 1933.

Abraham Lincoln is born in a log cabin in Kentucky Feb. 12, 1809.

The Lincoln Memorial is one of the nation's most publicized and beloved monuments.

On Valentine's Day 1986, Congress and President Reagan proclaim the rose the U.S. national flower.

On Feb. 15, 1820, Susan B. Anthony is born in a world where women were considered inferior to men.

Lieutenant Stephen Decatur leads the naval raid into Tripoli Harbor on Feb. 16, 1804.

U.S. House of Representatives chooses Thomas Jefferson as the third U.S. president on Feb. 17, 1801.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published on Feb. 18, 1885.

America's foreign policy marked as a major milestone on Feb.21, 1972.

President George Washington, who helped shape the nation, was born on Feb. 22, 1732.

U.S. Marines raise the American Flag on top of Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945.

The Impeachment of the President of the United States, Andrew Johnson, occurs on Feb. 24, 1868.

A sea captain from Massachusetts, William Driver, calls the U.S. flag "Old Glory."

The World Trade Center is attacked by radical Islamic terrorists on Feb. 26, 1993.

The newly established Continental Navy sets out to sea on its first operation on Feb. 27, 1776.

On Feb. 28, 1969, Airman John Levitow is wounded in a hospital due to his courage in South Vietnam.