At the invitation of the Democratic/Liberal faction, William Walker, sails from San Francisco, California, along with the “Immoral Fifty-Six,” to participate in the Nicaraguan Civil War, against the Legitimist/Conservative faction.

       NOTE: Walker’s expedition cost the federal government nothing, as Congress refused to support it.

       [restored 2/21/2022]

Subsequent Events:

Authority:

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 146.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,161,621,015,445

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