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Events Calendar: March 2025 Fred E. Hayes Post 57 Events: March 2025

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National Anthem Day (1931)

  • Location:
    United States
  • Date:
    Monday, March 3, 2025
"The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes the National Anthem.

Battle of Alamo Ends (1836)

  • Location:
    San Antonio, Texas
  • Date:
    Thursday, March 6, 2025

Bayer Patents Aspirin (1899)

  • Location:
    Germany
  • Date:
    Thursday, March 6, 2025
The German company Bayer patents aspirin on March 6, 1899. Now the most common drug in household medicine cabinets.

Telephone Patented (1876)

  • Location:
    United States
  • Date:
    Friday, March 7, 2025
Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone On March 7, 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention–the telephone.

U.S. Marines land at Da Nang (1965)

  • Location:
    Da Nang, Vietnam
  • Date:
    Saturday, March 8, 2025

Corps of Engineers Established (1779)

  • Location:
    United States
  • Date:
    Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to help plan, design and prepare environmental and structural facilities for the U.S. Army.

K-9 Corps Established (1942)

  • Location:
    United States
  • Date:
    Thursday, March 13, 2025
On March 13, 1942, the Quartermaster Corps (QMC) of the United States Army begins training dogs for the newly established War Dog Program, or “K-9 Corps.”

AMERICAN LEGION FORMED (1919)

  • Location:
    Paris, France
  • Date:
    Saturday, March 15, 2025
  • Duration:
    3 Days
March 15-17, 1919: The American Legion is formed in Paris, France, at the American Officers Club, and becomes known as the Paris Caucus. It is The American Legion Birthday.

Fighting on Iwo Jima Ends (1945)

  • Location:
    Iwo Jima
  • Date:
    Sunday, March 16, 2025
The west Pacific volcanic island of Iwo Jima is declared secured by the U.S. military after weeks of fiercely fighting its Japanese defenders.

U.S. Military Academy Established (1802)

  • Location:
    West Point, New York
  • Date:
    Sunday, March 16, 2025
The United States Military Academy—the first military school in the United States—is founded for the purpose of educating and training young men in the theory and practice of military sci

My Lai Massacre (1968)

  • Location:
    South Vietnam
  • Date:
    Sunday, March 16, 2025

GI Bill Passes Senate (1944)

  • Location:
    Washington, D.C.
  • Date:
    Monday, March 17, 2025
The American Legion’s Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 unanimously passes in the Senate.

St. Patrick's Day

  • Location:
    World-wide
  • Date:
    Monday, March 17, 2025

St. Patrick Dies (461)

  • Location:
    Ireland
  • Date:
    Monday, March 17, 2025

First U.S. Air Combat Mission (1916)

  • Location:
    Columbus, New Mexico
  • Date:
    Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Eight Curtiss “Jenny” planes take off from Columbus, New Mexico, in the first combat air mission in U.S. history. The First Aero Squadron, invaded Mexico to capture Mexican revolutionary

War in Iraq Begins (2003)

  • Location:
    Iraq
  • Date:
    Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The United States, along with coalition forces primarily from the United Kingdom, initiates war on Iraq.

POST MEETING

  • Location:
    Grandview Community Center
  • Date:
    Thursday, March 20, 2025
  • Time:
    7:00 PM
  • Duration:
    1.5 Hours
  • Contact:
    Jim Davidson at (509) 882-1984

RegularPost Meeting held both in person at by teleconference. Agendas emailed to the membership one to two daays before the meeting.

Warsaw Pact Ends (1991)

  • Location:
    Europe
  • Date:
    Monday, March 31, 2025
After 36 years in existence, the Warsaw Pact—the military alliance between the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites—comes to an end, on March 31, 1991.