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Happy Alaska Day
Today is the anniversary of the formal transfer of the Territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States.
Happy Alaska Day
Sitka is the place to be on Alaska Day. On this date in 1867, the formal transfer of the Territory of Alaska from Russia to the United States took place.
The transfer went down in the town of Sitka, which was the territory’s capital at the time.
Cheers!
Alaska Day
On this date, 150 years ago, the formal transfer of the deed to the Alaska Territory took place at Fort Sitka. In March of 1867, the United States had purchased Alaska for $7.2 million, but it took until October of that same year to get commissioners from both countries to Sitka.
October 18 was officially designated a state holiday by the Territorial Legislature in 1917.
Here’s to 150, Secretary Seward.
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