William Day

Military Person

1712 –

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Who is William Day?

William Day was a Boston, Massachusetts, sea captain who acted against America's enemies in both the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. In 1777 he received the first gun salute to an American fighting vessel in a European port.

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Born
1712
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Boston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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