I remember visiting Boston when I was about 10 or so. We went early June (it was cold for a bunch of Texans in shorts. I got a book on the subject of Gage and Adams and Hancock. The Tea Party is one of my favorite events from the founding. I even threw a faux box of tea into the harbor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cold_Harbor
Grant finally decides Cold Harbor ain’t worth it and moves on.
Not a military history event, but today George H. W. Bush became the first former President ever to celebrate his 94th birthday. Jimmy Carter will be the second assuming he survives to Oct. 1 of this year.