Great Deceptions in Military History

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Alcatraz is an island in San Francisco Bay that was used in the 1850s as a military base and later a military prison. In 1933, the island became a prison for the most dangerous criminals in America.

After a series of events including war, floods, droughts and crop failures drove tens of thousands of Chinese immigrants to San Francisco, The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 suspended Chinese immigration for a ten-year period.

The women’s suffrage movement began in the 1820s, until the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 finally generated some momentum. After nearly 100 years of struggle and progress, the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920.

On March 23rd, 1989, the Exxon Valdez supertanker left Alaska with 53 million gallons of crude oil, soon colliding into a well-known reef before excreting 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. The ecological and economic devastation that followed was unprecedented at the time in maritime history.

Fed up with British rule, Chief Pontiac formed an alliance with nearly every tribe from Lake Superior to lower Mississippi to overthrow the British. The plan of attack would play out in near unison as tribes attempted to invade their nearest British fort, leading to months of standoffs and bloody battles.

During the War of 1812, as Francis Scott Key watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry, the amateur poet wrote what would become the star-spangled banner lyrics.

Conducting a dawn patrol on April 6th, 1862, Union soldiers stumbled upon a battle-ready Confederate line just a mile from the Union Army’s encampment. When attacked, the bluecoats were driven back toward Shiloh Church, beginning the bloody Battle of Shiloh.