America 250 New York Post covers
HOW THE NEW YORK POST COVERED AMERICA
The New York Post is counting down to America’s 250th birthday with a look back at the nation’s — and the paper’s — history. We’re revisiting 250 notable covers and articles from our archives, starting with the very first paper Alexander Hamilton published on Nov. 16, 1801, when it was known as the New-York Evening Post.
Here you'll find snippets of our inimitable coverage of the biggest historical events from the past two centuries — every day until America's big bash this summer.
In the Big Apple, 250th birthday events include a flotilla featuring dozens of tall ships from across the globe, a breathtaking Blue Angels flight show, displays of rare historical documents and so much more. The Post will be there to cover cover every historic moment — just as it’s been for 225 years.
First printing of the Post
Nov 16, 1801
“The design of this paper is to diffuse among the people correct information on all interesting subjects.”
The Post's first editor on its mission
Warning signs before the Panic of 1819
Feb 10, 1819
Columbus Day
Oct 12, 1892
Hurricane Sandy’s devastation
Oct 31, 2012
The First Postcards
May 13, 1873
Bruno Richard Hauptmann convicted
Feb 14, 1935
Louisiana slave revolt
Feb 27, 1811
America’s first luxury hotel
Nov 3, 1829
Championship Parade for US Women's Soccer Team
Jul 10, 2015
NATO created
Apr 4, 1949
Frederick Douglass’ great antislavery speech
July 13, 1852
"[Thaw] remarked that he had killed White because of the architect's attention to Mrs. Thaw in times gone by."
In 1906, the Post reported on a fatal love triangle involving a railroad scion and a showgirl
Stanford White murderer
Jun 26, 1906
The Chelsea Manning case
Jan 18, 2017
Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway
Jun 18, 1880
The Interstate era begins
Jun 21, 1956
Bay Of Pigs Invasion
Apr 17, 1961
Saddam Hussein Captured
Dec 15, 2003
Treaty of 1818
Dec 7, 1818
The Reconstruction Bill
Mar 4, 1867
Treaty of Versailles
Jun 28, 1919
Daguerreotype debuts
Dec 16, 1839
Cuomo resigns
Aug 11, 2021
The Marquis de Lafayette arrives in NY to a grand procession
Aug 16, 1824
Castle Garden opens
Aug 1, 1855
The Mother’s Day Debate
May 9, 1908
Hunter Biden’s laptop
Mar 18, 2022
The Oregon Trail
Jun 8, 1843
Jonestown Massacre
Nov 20, 1978
The Sherman Anti-Trust Bill
Mar 26, 1890
Woodstock
Aug 16, 1969
America enters WWI
Apr 7, 1917
Liberty Win WNBA Title
Oct 21, 2024
Independence for Cuba
May 20, 1902
9/11 Commission
May 20, 2004
The Panama Canal opens
Aug 15 1914
Scopes Monkey Trial
Jul 21, 1925
Bernie Madoff, the most hated man in NY
Dec 16, 2008
The Louisiana Purchase
Jul 7, 1803
The Civil Rights Act of 1866
Apr 10, 1866
"Those who believe with us that neither peace nor prosperity can be permanent or solid, unless all men are assured of equal protection before the law, will thank the manly majority in Congress."
On the Civil Rights Act of 1866
Second Bank of the US Chartered
April 9, 1816
The Oscars Slap
Mar 28, 2022
Met Opera Opens at Lincoln Center
Sept 16, 1966
President Grover Cleveland marries in the White House
Jun 2, 1886
Statue of Liberty arrives
Jun 19, 1885
Overexposed at the Super Bowl
Feb 3, 2004
Moon landing
Jul 21, 1969
Teapot dome scandal
Apr 29, 1922
The US military takes flight
Aug 2, 1909
The front page brought news that a group of American and European sugar planters known as the “Committee of Safety” had overthrown Hawaii’s Queen Lili‘uokalani.
On the United States' illegal takeover of Hawaii
Vietnam Peace Accords
Jan 24, 1973
Dynasty for the Yankees
Oct 27, 2000
Bronx Zoo opens
Nov 8, 1899
Thurgood Marshall joins the Supreme Court
Aug 31, 1967
Anthony Weiner scandal
Jun 6, 2011
City Hall Park fountain filled
Oct 15, 1842
Coffee rationed--cup a day
Oct 26, 1942
The case of Dred Scott
Mar 7, 1857
Mayor Van Wyck installed
Jan 1, 1898
“Sam loves young blood.”
Son of Sam' David Berkowitz in his police interview after finally being caught
Jesse Owens Wins Gold
Aug 3, 1936
Wall Street Bloodbath
Oct 19, 1987
Wikileaks
Nov 30, 2010
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
Dec 19, 1865
Israel established
May 14, 1948
The Hawaiian Takeover
Jan. 28, 1893
The Fight of the Century
Mar 9, 1971
Grand Central opens
Feb 1, 1913
‘War of the Worlds’ Hysteria
Oct 31, 1938
”The plane stopped, the door opened and, at that very second, the sun came out. Now is that too much?"
Nora Ephron (yes, that Nora Ephron) writes for The Post on the Beatles' first visit to America
Son of Sam caught
Aug 11, 1977
RFK Assassinated
Jun 6, 1968
Klondike Gold rush
Jul 22, 1897
Nixon vs. JFK debate
Sept 27, 1960
The start of the typhus epidemic
Apr 19, 1847
President McKinley shot
Sept 7, 1901