Zebulon Pike.... Spy for Aaron Burr or patriotic explorer?

Did you know...

...that America's controversy over aliens goes back generations? Congress passed the Alien Act on June 25, 1798 - authorizing the President to deport aliens "dangerous to the peace and safety of the United States" during peacetime.

...that President John Tyler married his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler when he was 54 years old and she was only 24 years of age? Traveling to New York City, they eloped in 1844.

...that Zebulon Pike never set foot on the mountain that bears his name - Pike's Peak? Or that Pike was accused of spying on the Spaniards for Aaron Burr General James Wilkinson, but later exonerated?

June 20 - 1793 - Eli Whitney patents his cotton gin

June 21 - 1788 - US Constitution goes into effect as New Hampshire is the 9th state to ratify

June 22 - 1870 - Congress created the Department of Justice

June 23 - 1776 - Final draft of Declaration of Independence submitted to US Congress

June 24 - 1884 - John Lynch is 1st black elected chairman of Republican convention

June 25 - 1798 - US passes Alien Act allowing president to deport dangerous aliens

June 26 - 1844 - US pres John Tyler marries Julia Gardiner in New York City

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