Alaska Day 2026 - Mike Dunleavy

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WHEREAS, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million in March of 1867, and on October 18, 1867, Alaska was formally transferred from Russia and officially became a United States Territory; and WHEREAS, approximately 250 United States Army troops marched to the Governor’s house at “Castle Hill” in Sitka to commemorate the formal […]