1776 –

 

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Declaration of Independence

1776–1783 –

  

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 Revolutionary War

1787 –

  

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 United States Constitution Ratified

1793 –

  

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 Cotton Gin Invented By Eli Whitney

1796 –

  

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 Tennessee becomes the 16th state to joint the United States

1798 –

  

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 Mississippi Territory organized from Georgian Western land claims

1805 –

  

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 Twickenham settlement begins

1811 –

  

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 Madison Lodge #1 formed in Twickenham

1812–1815 –

  

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 War of 1812

1812 –

  

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 Twickenham renamed to Huntsville

1817 –

  

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 Mississippi becomes the 20th state to joint the United States

1817 –

  

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 Alabama Territory organized from Mississippi Territory

1818 –

  

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 Alabama Lodge #21 formed in Huntsville

1819 –

  

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 Alabama becomes the 22nd state to join the United States

1821 –

  

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 Grand Lodge of Alabama formed

1822 –

  

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 Alabama Lodge #21 renamed to Bethesda Lodge #2

1823 –

  

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 Eunomia Hall cornerstone laid

1824 –

  

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 Madison Lodge #1 and Bethesda Lodge #2 combine to form Helion Lodge #1

1846–1848 –

  

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 Mexican American War

1848 –

  

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 Helion Lodge #1 purchases lot adjacent to Eunomia Hall

1860–1865 –

  

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 Civil War

1865 –

  

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 Slavery Abolished Nationwide

1898 –

  

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 Spanish American War

1903 –

  

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 First Powered Aircraft Flight By Wright Brothers

1907 –

  

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 Ford Model T Automobile Produced

1911 –

  

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 Cornerstone for new Eunomia Hall building laid

1917–1918 –

  

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 World War I

1919 –

  

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 Beginning of Prohibition

1920 –

  

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 Old Eunomia Hall building razed

1933 –

  

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 End of Prohibition

1941 –

  

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 Perl Harbor Attack

1941–1945 –

  

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 World War II

1947 –

  

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 First Transistor Developed At Bell Labs

1950–1953 –

  

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 Korean War

1963–1975 –

  

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 Vietnam War

1960 –

  

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 First Laser Invented By Gordon Gould

1969 –

  

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 Apollo 11 lands on the moon

1974 –

  

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 Helion Lodge Restoration

1981 –

  

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 First launch of the Space Shuttle

1986 –

  

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 Challenger Space Shuttle Lost During Launch

1991 –

  

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 End of the Soviet Union (Dec 25, 1991)

1991 –

  

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 Gulf War (Operation Desert Storm)

2001 –

  

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 September 11 Attacks On New York and Washington DC

2001-Present –

  

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 Afghanistan War (Operation Enduring Freedom)

2002-2003 –

  

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 Helion Lodge Restoration

2003 –

  

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 Colombia Space Shuttle Lost During Reentry

2003-Present –

  

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 Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom)

2004 –

  

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 Two Robotic Rovers Land On Mars