The Night They Burned Their Own Ship
On February 16, 1804, a 25-year-old American lieutenant sailed into Tripoli harbor in disguise and burned the captured frigate USS Philadelphia so the enemy could never sail her.
Tales from the year 1804
The Duel That Killed a Founding Father
On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr and former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton met at dawn in Weehawken, New Jersey — and only one of them walked away.