Friday, October 11, 1776: Two hundred and fifty years ago today, “In the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, New York, American ships suffer defeat but thwart a British plan to cut the colonies in half.”
(Source: The American Patriot’s Almanac by William J. Bennett and John T. E. Cribb.)
Saturday, October 11, 1890: One hundred and thirty-seven yea…