Pasha Yusuf Karamanli, of the Barbary State of Tripolitania, declares war against the united States, showing his disrespect for u.S. sovereignty by cutting down the u.S. flag, at the Consulate, in Tripoli.
[restored 11/12/2021]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 58.
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