Tuesday, December 4, 2012 Today in History - Tuesday, Dec. 4,
2012 Today is Tuesday, Dec. 4, the 339th day of 2012. There are
27 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec.
4, 1619, a group of settlers from Bristol, England, arrived at
Berkeley Hundred in present-day Charles City County, Va., where
they held a service thanking God for their safe arrival. (Some
suggest this was the true first Thanksgiving in America, ahead
of the Pilgrims' arrival in Massachusetts.) On this date: In
1619, settlers from Bristol, England, arrived at Berkeley
Hundred in present-day Charles City County, Va. In 1783, Gen.
George Washington bade farewell to his Continental Army officers
at Fraunces Tavern in New York. In 1816, James Monroe of
Virginia was elected the fifth president of the United States.
In 1912, Medal of Honor recipient Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, the
Marine Corps pilot who led the "Black Sheep Squadron" during
World War II, was born in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. In 1918,
President Woodrow Wilson left Wa