Today in History

Historic flag rising on Iwo Jima is dedicated across the river from Washington on Nov. 10, 1954, in honor of the U.S. Marine Corps. President Dwight Eisenhower and other dignitaries are on platform just below the 75-foot statue. AP Photo/Charles P. Gorry In 1954, the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, Virginia.Also on this date:In 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.In 1898, a mob of up to 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina, burned Black-owned businesses and forced the mayor, police chief and aldermen to resign at gunpoint before installing their own mayor and city council in what became known as the “Wilmington Coup.”In 1969, the children’s educational program “Sesame Street” made its debut on National Educational Television (now PBS).

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